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A war of words FOR MANY, THE RED DEER CENTRE IS A COMMUNITY, FOR OTHERS IT IS AN INSTITUTION; FOR THE PEOPLE WHO STILL LIVE THERE, IT IS SIMPLY HOME; BUT IF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT HAS ITS WAY, IT WILL BE CLOSED IN SHORT ORDER Michener Centre: The Closing Doors is a special Red Deer Advocate series by reporters Susan Zielinski and Myles Fish about the centre for the mentally handicapped. They examine its controversial past, debated present and unclear future.

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Michener Centre is the best option, always has been.

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— Mark Keohane, whose sister Susan has lived for 47 years at Michener Centre File photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

About 150 people demonstrated outside the Sheraton Hotel in Red Deer in November to protest the Redford government’s decision to close Michener Centre. Several demonstrations have protested the decision in the last year. living right next door to me, that’s where she’d be living. My sister isn’t at Michener Centre because anyone wanted to lock her away, it’s just that people look around for options to deal with what they have to deal with. Michener Centre is the best option, always has been,” says Mark Keohane of his sister Susan, who has lived for 47 years at the centre, first in the old boxy buildings and now in the onsite group homes.

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chener backers more than the dreaded “I” word. They say calling Michener an “institution” belies the fact that it has evolved with the philosophical shifts regarding care for the disabled.

“That was an institution,” says one current staff member of her first years at Michener in the 1980s, “This is a home.”

For those on the other end of the spectrum, though, the continued existence of a place like Michener Centre is evidence that those with disabili-

ties are still occasionally treated as second-class citizens.

“Just as you probably don’t imagine yourself living there or that being a community and you know what community is, people with disabilities aren’t differently human and to contextualize (Michener) as a community is to somehow equate them with being differently human when you know full well what community means,” says Bruce Uditsky, CEO of the Alberta Association for Community Living.

In the past, though, Michener was specifically designed to be a largely self-sufficient community within the larger community of Red Deer.

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At the heart of the fight over Michener Centre are two words — “community” and “institution” — and the vastly divergent definitions ascribed to those words by the pro- and antiMichener camps.

The process of closing large facilities for the mentally handicapped and moving residents into smaller group homes has been labelled a transition to “community living” for as long as it has been going on. For those guardians who say their loved ones are happy in Michener, though, Michener Centre and “community” are hardly oxymoronic.

While acknowledging the often unpleasant, sterile living conditions present throughout the first half of Michener’s history, the centre’s supporters say the real community for current residents is at Michener, not in some group home with people they may never have met before.

Moving Michener dwellers away from their friends and the staff members, who have often been with them for over a decade, or even two or three, would actually amount to taking them away from their community, supporters argue.

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MICHENER: At one time, staff lived and were schooled on the grounds Staff lived and were schooled on the grounds, cows roamed a large pasture just north of Ross Street, and there were fields, a storehouse and root cellars providing food for residents.

Power was generated on the site, and Michener had its own water tower and fire department. Residents were served at an onsite infirmary and dental clinic, were fed at a large cafeteria, and could practise woodworking or shoemaking through vocational programs. There was a radiology department and laboratory, and a dedicated hairgrooming service catered to residents in their homes.

The curling rink and recreational centre, both still in use today on the grounds, were constructed in the 1960s and 1970s, respectively.

Harold Barnes, who lived at Michener from 1964 to 1971, remembers Michener having “probably the best floor hockey team in the land” (not to mention one of the roughest, he adds with a laugh). He was tasked with sorting potatoes that came from the Michener farm while living there; with Barnes and other high-functioning residents moving from Michener during the ’70s, though, the farm ceased operations.

Today, most of the services that once existed on the site are gone. The government announced in January that, in step with the downsizing, the onsite pharmacy will close this spring and the Michener nursing department is to be phased out. A government spokesperson said in February that no decisions have yet been made regarding Michener’s dental or rehabilitation services.

Michener’s population today is one-10th of what it was at its peak, and so there are a number of vacant buildings on the grounds, and much open space.

Residents have been consolidated into seven residential buildings — four on the north site and three on the south — and 21 onsite group homes, 17 of them clustered together south of the main, iconic administration building.

As the population has declined over the last four decades, care has gradually become more personalized and residents have had more space in which to live. Sheila Stangier was hired as the centre’s first client advocate in 1989, and in the decade that followed, great strides were made in making the facility “more homey.”

When Stangier was hired, 1,100 Michener residents were spread across 14 large units and 22 group homes. Six years later, the population had been cut in half, but there were now “52 distinct home groupings” with between six and 23 residents in each.

Smaller living environments were created, individual kitchens began to be incorporated into homes, rooms were painted and wallpapered according to resident wishes, and pictures were hung on the walls for the first time.

Stangier retired from the advocacy position in 1991, but two years later her husband took over as CEO of Michener. Over five years on the job, Gordon Stangier said his goal was to free staff he said had effectively been institutionalized by a labyrinthine bureaucracy that left 12 layers between the CEO and frontline staff.

“We simply created a philosophy that said your job is to make a home, and to allow staff to make some decisions about what went on in the place, what went on in the units — we changed that to ‘homes,’ simple words make a big difference — and we found out that things happened that weren’t directed. We found out that staff would come to work on weekends and help paint and decorate rooms,” recalls Gordon.

Jody Kvern’s bedroom today at Michener is decorated with photo collages and a prominent decoration that spells out ‘DIVA.’ Though the room is by no means large, in the past it was split down the middle by a wall so two people could fit in the space.

Floyd Kaye’s bedroom in a north site building, on the other hand, is large enough that four people once lived in it, without separating walls. The pale green paint still on the room’s walls gives it a sterile feel, but a hanging plant and family photos lend the room some flavour.

Most parents of disabled children today would not consider sending them off to a large institution because there are supports available to enable caring for them at home, supports that did not exist during the early days of Michener. Today’s residents — whose average age is 61 — were a product of that bygone era and thus for many of them what constitutes “home” and “family” is contrary to what it is for others, argues Lisa Kaye-Stanisky, the half-sister

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of Floyd, who has been at Michener since age five.

“I guarantee you Floyd doesn’t know me from Adam. I don’t have what I would call a relationship.

He knows the people at Michener — some of them have been there 20, 30, 40 years. How are they going to replace that?” says Kaye-Stanisky.

Guardians like Kaye-Stanisky have been given every opportunity over the years to accept a move for their loved ones into group homes, but for the vast majority of remaining guardians, Michener has long been the clear residence of choice. Many of those guardians remain committed to fighting the closure order, but they express concern that even if their loved ones are able to stay, the specialized services that remain will gradually be whittled away until the point is reached where the quality care they so cherish at Michener will no longer be there. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com Coming Monday: Over the decades, Michener Centre grew to become a 66-building complex on 360 acres.

Michener Centre: The Closing Doors CHRONOLOGY

1978 — Dependent Adults Act comes into effect, allowing for the establishment of guardianship for developmentally disabled adults. Majority of people under public guardianship are Michener residents.

1989 — Client advocate position created at Michener. Position remains in place until 1999.

1995 — Michener administration announces it will focus on creating “homes” for Michener residents, recognizing individuals’ right to space and privacy.

1997 — Michener resident dies after fire in locked time-out room. Incident leads to reduced use of lockable seclusion to deal with problem be-

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2011 — Every Michener residence has a fully functioning kitchen; industrial kitchen and cafeteria shuttered.

March 2013 — Province announces it will transition about 125 residents out of Michener into community group homes or continuing care facilities, saying the moves will improve quality of life and ensure residents get more personalized care.

March 2014 — Approximately 215 residents remain. Nine residents have so far moved out in the past year under the province’s plan to close part of Michener.

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Community rallies around family COTES STRUGGLING TO MOVE ON AFTER FATAL ACCIDENT CLAIMS PATRIARCH

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer’s Cote family went from a decade-long nightmare to a tragic horror story last week.

Eric Cote, 46, and his wife, Ghislane Moreault, were driving their youngest daughter Marilou to Calgary for a scoliosis appointment on the morning of March 6 in white-out conditions on Hwy 2 when a passing vehicle reportedly clipped a semi just ahead of them. The 18-wheeler then slammed into their van.

After that, everything is a blur for Ghislane.

“I don’t want to remember that day,” she said, choking back tears. “The only thing I remember is the trailer . . . in front of us, then nothing. I wake up and I saw Eric beside me.”

Eric died on the side of the highway, in the arms of Red Deer businessman Craig Howes, who was one of the first people on scene.

Ghislane and Marilou had a few bumps and bruises but physically were OK. Emotionally, they may never get over the scene.

“I have some bruises everywhere, but it doesn’t compare,” she said touching her heart, “I have a lot of ache inside.”

Howes, who had served in the army, said he has seen more than his share of crisis situations, but nothing compared to the scene he came upon. There had been two pile-ups on Hwy 2 between Didsbury and Carstairs. After making sure everything was OK at the first one, he drove down the highway to the scene of the second pile-up and found people already attending to the Cotes in their van. He took control of the situation.

He found Eric struggling to hold onto life. He assured him that his family was safe and let him know it was OK to “let go.”

“Very shortly after you could see any effort to hold on left,’” said Howes, the co-founder of Go Tire.

Didsbury’s Lisa Kloberdanz, 38, had just dropped her own children off on her way to a dental appointment and watched the entire scene take place just feet in front of her. She herself avoided serious injury by driving between two semis involved in the collision. When it appeared safe, she got out of her vehicle and went to see if there was anyone in need of help. Immediately she heard the screams of Marilou: “My daddy’s dead! My daddy’s dead!”

She ran to where the voices were coming from, dodging vehicles as they continued to slam into each other and pile up.

Howes told Kloberdanz to call an ambulance and then instructed her to try to calm Marilou and Ghislane, who by that time were sitting in a nearby truck to keep warm.

“I remember (Ghislane) sitting beside her daughter, and the whole time she just stared at me, all she did was stare at me with these eyes like ‘Please help me, please help me.’ She just continued to stare,” said Kloberdanz.

“I felt so bad and it was so hard to say ‘Yeah, everything’s OK, you’re daddy’s fine and things are good.’ It was just so heart wrenching . . . I just remember her staring at me.”

The gravity of the situation hit Kloberdanz, a sin-

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Eric Cote, 46, right, sits with his family, from left, Marilou, 8, Ghislane, and Patricia, 11. Cote was killed in a multi-car pileup on the Hwy 2 on March 6 between Carstairs and Didsbury. gle mom with three kids under the age of six, later that night as she was serving dessert.

“I just started crying and I remember thinking I was allowed to come get my kids today, I was allowed to come pick them up,” she said.

Didsbury RCMP, which is investigating the fatality, said the investigation is still underway. Airdrie Integrated Traffic Unit is investigating the large, multi-car pile up.

“With these collisions that involve multiple vehicles, they are quite complex investigations that ultimately require the collision analyst to provide the final determination of what led to what,” said Sgt. Jeff Jacobson of the Didsbury detachment, allowing that weather conditions certainly did play a role.

The Cotes came west from Cacouna, Que. — about two hours north of Quebec City on the St. Lawrence River — like so many in search of work and a better life. After a couple of years in Vancouver, they settled in Red Deer where Eric’s sister already lived, 10 years ago.

Both of their daughters — Patricia, 11 and Marilou, 8 — were born in Western Canada.

They loved camping, the outdoors, fishing, biking, going for walks. Aside from the frigid winters, Central Alberta was perfect for them.

“Eric was a good guy, a very good worker, he loved what he did and was a very good dad for the girls,” said Ghislane.

Their first year in Red Deer, however, is when the world seemingly started to turn against them.

Eric was injured in a construction accident, keeping him out of work for a year. The day he returned to work as a foreman, he was T-boned by a vehicle that ran a stop sign. He was seriously injured again.

However, a dispute between insurance and the Alberta Worker’s Compensation Board left them with little money coming in.

Eric had been unable to work since.

Finally, last summer, they lost their house and were forced to live in a tent trailer in a campground.

Marilou and Patricia were OK with this — they had lots of friends to play with — but it was very dif-

ficult for Eric and Ghislane.

They survived off of low-income assistance and were finally placed in low-income housing in the fall.

Ghislane and the two girls have a hereditary disease called neurofibromatosis Type 1, where benign tumours form in the skin and throughout the body, including the eyes, brain, spine, in muscles and over nerves. It can cause learning disabilities and other physical ailments like scoliosis. There is no cure.

Eric’s death is the latest and the biggest blow the family has experienced. Now being able to stay in their townhouse is in question.

Moving forward is going to be the biggest challenge.

“I just try to take it day by day,” said Ghislane.

Eric’s brother, Michel Cote, 55, lives in Stony Plain. He has done his best to be by their side since.

Ghislane has also relied heavily on her close circle of friends. “(When I heard about the accident,) I was in lots of pain, because that’s my brother, but then I concerned myself with my brother’s family, his wife and girls, that’s the only thing that’s keeping us going right now, we don’t want to think about anything else,” said Michel.

The community has already started to rally.

Howes has gone to a number of his friends — many of whom are businessmen in Red Deer and Calgary — and started a fundraising effort for the family, set up to help ease at least some of the financial burden. “(The situation) made me upset, because somebody has to do something, I’m not much for talking about stuff, I’d just rather take part and help,” he said. “No family should have to endure that. ... Luck looks down on us all differently and in that case it was looking the other way.

“In the wake of it all, you do realize you’re just human, and there is a lesson in that to give back and be helpful.”

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Red Deer city council has busy agenda on Monday Election signs, pollinator parks, pay hikes, community amenities and climate change are just a few issues on the table for Red Deer city council on Monday.

Council will consider a two-per-cent general pay hike for exempt (non-unionized) staff retroactive to Jan. 1. Exempt staff salary scales are reviewed annually. Factors taken into consideration include external equity, internal equity, cost of living and the local economic picture. For the last two years, the city increased the wage by three per cent. There are roughly 140 exempt staffers at the city.

The first of two planned Climate Change Adaptation Plan reports will be considered. In 2011, the city began work on a corporate plan to respond to

the anticipated impacts of climate change on city operations. The first report covers the overall goals, anticipated climate change impacts facing Red Deer and the responses.

The second part, to be developed in the coming months, will provide specific and detailed plans under each major theme, as well as priorities and implementation details.

In the future, the city may consider undertaking a community-based climate change plan.

A community amenity consultation plan that will allow council to determine what Red Deerians want for amenities is also on the agenda. The proposed formal process will allow council to connect with residents to prioritize amenities and balance what is needed with the financial realities that face the city.

Council will also discuss pollinator protection after Councillors Paul Harris and Lynne Mulder introduced the motion at the last meeting. The mo-

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The consideration of a notice of motion brought forward by Councillors Lawrence Lee and Ken Johnston about election signs may be pushed ahead to 2016. The councillors want to limit the number of signs and reduce the time they are up during elections. Administration recommends considering the motion in the overall context of the Election Report from the Legislative Services Manager in 2016, a year before the next municipal election. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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president Short-lived radiation Riding calls on Redford scare closes port to resign

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — Halifax fire officials say normal operations could resume Saturday morning at a container port where cylinders carrying radioactive material fell about six metres as they were being unloaded from a ship.

The four steel cylinders carrying granular uranium hexafluoride fell Thursday at around 10 p.m., setting off a short-lived radiation scare at the Ceres terminal in the city’s north end.

Firefighters determined there wasn’t a leak of radioactive material when the cylinders encased in concrete, each weighing about 4.5 tonnes, fell from a pallet as they were being lifted off the ship and landed in a contained area of the vessel.

Phil McNulty, the city’s executive fire officer, said one of the lift’s arms failed and sent the cylinders tumbling onto other containers on the ship. There were no injuries and no one was contaminated at the terminal in Fairview Cove.

The granular substance was contained in the cylinders, McNulty added.

“They go to great lengths to ensure the safety of

the product because human beings are dealing with it all the way from start to the end user,” he said.

District commander Peter Andrews said an evacuation area at the port extended about 150 metres and would remain in place until after a consultant hired

by RSB Logistic, the Canadian company responsible for shipping the product, completed examining the area to confirm no containers were compromised.

Andrews said that work was expected to conclude Saturday morning, at which point normal operations at the port would resume and the cylinders would be placed on a truck and continue to their destination in Columbia, S.C. URENCO said the cylinders came from its enrichment facility in the United Kingdom. Uranium hexafluoride is the chemical compound used in the gas centrifuge process to enrich uranium.

URENCO’s website says it is an international supplier of enrichment services for nuclear fuel used to generate electricity.

William Cook, an associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of New Brunswick, said the compound comes in a solid form that is similar to salt crystals and poses a relatively low risk.

about harming others here as he left home,” say the documents. “Pasieka appeared goal-oriented and purposeful. Shortly after arriving at work, he began stabbing his co-workers.”

None of the evidence in the documents has been proven in court.

Two men were killed and four others wounded in the bloody attack. At the time, police said an employee at the warehouse had walked through the sprawling building, slashing and stabbing the workers as he went with a knife in each hand.

The court documents further detail the victims’ injuries: a total of at least two dozen stab and slash wounds. One man had a bite mark on his knee.

It’s also alleged the attacker, as he was leaving the warehouse, stabbed one man in the face as he was calling 911.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Alison Redford is facing more criticism from within her party ahead of a weekend meeting of Tory executives.

The president of a Progressive Conservative riding association in northeast Edmonton said Friday that Redford has to resign or the party will lose the next election.

Steve Robson, who heads the Tory association in the NDP-held seat of Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, said Redford is an “arrogant” leader who doesn’t listen to her caucus and has no regard for the Tory establishment.

“Alison’s group doesn’t care about the people who got the party to where it is in the first place, at all,” he said. “I would like the PC party to be in power after the next election ... I don’t think the PCs will with her in power.”

Redford has been under fire for taking a $45,000 taxpayer-funded trip to attend Nelson Mandela’s memorial in South Africa.

She resisted calls to pay back the money for weeks, then cut a cheque Wednesday for the expenses.

Robson said Redford’s handling of the controversy has shown “arrogant, stupid behaviour.”

Robson said the payback was too little too late and she’s already done too much damage to the party.

On Thursday, Calgary backbencher Len Webber quit the Tory party to sit as an Independent. He claimed Redford was a bully prone to fits of rage.

Redford had no reaction to Webber’s comments, but cabinet ministers rushed to Redford’s defence.

Deputy premier Dave Hancock called Webber a “sad man” who was disgruntled about not being in cabinet.

Redford received 77 per cent support in her leadership review last fall. On Saturday, members of the Progressive Conservative executive will hold their regular meeting in Calgary.

Robson said he hopes the executive holds Redford’s feet to the fire.

“I think she has done way too much damage to keep her at the helm.”

Redford’s office declined to comment.

lieu to provide parking elsewhere.

Under the town’s bylaws, one parking stall for each of the 174 boat slips is required. However, planners recommended that a relaxation of two stalls per boat slip — granted for the previous condo application — be continued.

Council was split on the parking issue and voted 4-3 against the development application.

The project is not dead in the water, though. After much discussion, council agreed to review the application again at its next council meeting after planning staff have had more time to review parking options.

Sylvan Mayor Sean McIntyre said on Friday he couldn’t say much about the new application before its return to council on May 24.

A representative for Sylvan Lake Harbour could not be reached for comment.

the new building is “reasonable and is within the price range of other comparable newer fire halls in Alberta.”

The staff analysis also found other communities have experienced similar price increases from original budgets.

Rising construction costs and the need for more site work than anticipated because of a sloping proposed site contributed to the increased cost in Sylvan Lake.

Alternate sites were reviewed but the first choice on Beacon Hill, south of the new RCMP station remains the best location, council was informed.

Council also gave first reading on Monday to a bylaw to borrow $5 million for the project. The rest of the cost will be covered through a $600,000 grant, $520,000 from the sale of the existing fire hall, and about $150,000 from reserves.

Documents reveal more details about stabbings

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Police believe a man accused of deadly stabbings at a grocery warehouse first stopped at West Edmonton Mall and bought two large knives before heading to work.

Court documents used to obtain search warrants allege Jayme Pasieka had been drinking alcohol in his apartment on Feb. 28. They say he strapped on a military-style vest, armed himself with two small knives and went to the mall for more.

The documents say he purchased two bigger military knives at the Supply Sergeant surplus store, then drove to the Loblaws warehouse for his afternoon shift.

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A 40-unit proposed condominium project in Sylvan Lake has been transformed into a 25-rowhouse development.

Sylvan lake town council got a look at the revamped project on Monday, when it was before them for development approval.

The previous WatersEdge Condominiums and Marina, which was comprised of a pair of four-storey condo buildings with some commercial space, was approved in 2012.

A revamped 174-slip marina, upgraded with larger spaces for boats, was included as part of the project.

Sylvan Lake town council has approved bumping The marina has already been drained and dredged up the budget for a new fire hall to $6.27 million. as part of the upgrade.

Originally, $4.6 million was set aside for the projTown planner Kim Devlin says in a report to council that the condominium project didn’t go ahead be- ect, but the most recent review has pegged the bill as much higher. cause of economic and market considerations.

Staff reviewed fire hall projects in other municiThe re-imagined proposal went to the municipal palities and found the $262-per-square-foot cost of planning commission earlier this month and was recommended for approval to council.

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Search for missing plane expands THEORIES OF PIRACY OR PILOT SUICIDE GAIN MORE CREDENCE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Piracy and pilot suicide are among the scenarios under study as investigators grow increasingly certain the missing Malaysia Airlines jet changed course and headed west after its last radio contact with air traffic controllers.

The latest evidence suggests the plane didn’t experience a catastrophic incident over the South China Sea as was initially suspected. Some experts theorize that one of the pilots, or someone else with flying experience, hijacked the plane or committed suicide by plunging the jet into the sea.

Adding to the speculation that someone was flying the jet, The New York Times on Friday quoted sources familiar with the investigation as saying that the plane experienced significant changes in altitude after it lost contact with ground control, and altered its course more than once.

A U.S. official told The Associated Press earlier that investigators are examining the possibility of “human

intervention” in the plane’s disappearance, adding it may have been “an act of piracy.” The official, who wasn’t authorized to talk to the media and spoke on condition of anonymity, said it was possible the plane may have landed somewhere. The official later said there was no solid information on who might have been involved.

While other theories are still being examined, the official said key evidence suggesting human intervention is that contact with the Boeing 777’s transponder stopped about a dozen minutes before a messaging system on the jet quit. Such a gap would be unlikely in the case of an in-flight catastrophe.

A Malaysian official, who declined to be identified because he is not authorized to brief the media, said only a skilled aviator could navigate the plane the way it was flown after its last confirmed location over the South China Sea. The official said it had been established with a “more than 50 per cent” degree of certainty that military radar had picked up the missing plane after it dropped off civilian radar.

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Rwandan convicted of genocide jailed 25 years

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — Paris court delivered France’s first-ever conviction for genocide Friday, sentencing a Rwandan former intelligence chief to 25 years in prison over the 1994 killings of at least 500,000 people in the African country.

The landmark trial of 54-year-old Pascal Simbikangwa sets off what could be the first of dozens of French trials into one of the 20th century’s greatest atrocities — two decades after it happened — and provides a judicial reckoning for a former colonial power that still has many ties to African countries like Mali, Central African Republic and beyond.

In a late-night verdict after 5 ½ weeks of trial, the nine-person jury found Simbikangwa guilty of genocide and complicity to crimes against humanity for killings in Kigali, the capital, while throwing out other counts involving killings in the western town of Gisenyi. His defence lawyers said they would discuss Saturday with Simbikangwa whether to appeal.

Defence lawyer Alexandra Bourgeot said she was “appalled” at the verdict, accusing the court of a poor understanding of the case and expressing bafflement at the “incoherency” that a genocide conviction would merit 25 years in prison. Simbikangwa, however, wasn’t surprised at the verdict, she said: “He himself told us beforehand, ’I have lived through a lot of things that I can withstand.”’

Emmanuel Daoud, a lawyer for the International Federation of Human Rights, which lined up behind the state’s case, declined to comment

whether on the sentence suited the crime: “I don’t have personal satisfaction knowing whether he got 25 years or a life sentence. What was important was the guilty verdict.”

In many ways, the trial was less about a little-known man’s role in a vast killing machine and more about a coming-to-terms with a judicial blindness in France, a country that sees itself as a paragon of human rights but has had its own culprits of crimes against humanity, such as during the Nazi occupation of France in the Second World War. Only a few years ago, such a trial might have been unthinkable — until a thaw in bilateral relations allowed for French investigators to start travelling to Rwanda to build their cases.

The trial wasn’t likely to shed vast new light on the genocide: a UN tribunal and other courts have already sent dozens of defendants to prison, some for life. A key question was whether France could deliver a fair verdict on the subject of genocide in a country — Rwanda — that for years it was anything but impartial: critics say France was too supportive of the Rwanda’s Hutu-led government whose supporters carried out the genocide, and France turned a blind eye to the killings for too long.

Critics — many of them French citizens — say authorities from then-President Francois Mitterrand on down thought that France’s strong support for the Hutu-led government was wise.

Naively at best, those officials helped some perpetrators to flee Rwanda and others with ties to the genocide lived in France for years unpunished, the critics say.

ter, Hishammuddin Hussein, said the country had yet to determine what happened to the plane after it ceased communicating with ground control about 40 minutes into the flight to Beijing on March 8 with 239 people aboard.

He said investigators were still trying to establish that military radar records of a blip moving west across the Malay Peninsula into the Strait of Malacca showed Flight MH370.

“I will be the most happiest person if we can actually confirm that it is the MH370, then we can move all (search) assets from the South China Sea to the Strait of Malacca,” he told reporters.

Until then, he said, the international search effort would continue expanding east and west from the plane’s last confirmed location.

Though some investigators are now convinced that “human intervention” caused the disappearance, U.S. officials told the White House at a briefing Friday that they have “run all the traps” and come up with no good information on who might been involved, according to an official familiar with the meeting. The meeting was attended by State and Defence Department

officials, the CIA, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board, among others.

“I don’t think there is any consensus on a theory,” the official said. “They’re not hearing anything in their surveillance that would indicate that this is part of a plot.”

Another U.S. official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said investigators looking for the plane have run out of clues except for a type of satellite data that has never been used before to find a missing plane, and is very inexact.

The data consists of attempts by an Inmarsat satellite to identify a broad area where the plane might be in case a messaging system aboard the plane should need to connect with the satellite, said the official. The official compared the location attempts, called a “handshake,” to someone driving around with their cellphone not in use.

As the phone from passes from the range of one cellphone tower to another, the towers note that the phone is in range in case messages need to be sent.

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MEXICO CITY — A Salvadoran fisherman who says he spent 13 months adrift in the Pacific Ocean has arrived in Mexico ready to meet with the family of a young companion who died early in the voyage.

Jose Salvador Alvarenga said he promised his friend Ezequiel Cordoba that he would give a message before he died about a month into the ordeal.

Alvarenga’s boat washed up in the Marshall Islands in February and now he is back in the country where the journey began in December 2012. Alvarenga landed in Mexico City’s airport Friday and spoke during a layover before catching another flight to Chiapas state to meet Cordoba’s family.

The 37-year-old Alvarenga said he wants to forget the suffering, adding he often cried and prayed to God for a miracle.

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Murder retrial scheduled for man convicted of attempted murder in loud-music killing JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A man convicted of attempted murder in a confrontation over loud music with an unarmed black teen won’t be sentenced until after his retrial on a murder charge.

A Duval County judge made that decision Friday and also scheduled a new trial for Michael Dunn, who is white, for May 5. The case has stirred racial tensions.

Dunn had been scheduled this month to be sentenced for attempted murder and firing into a vehicle, but his attorney was concerned that statements Dunn makes at a sentencing hearing could be used against him in his second trial.

Salvadoran sea survivor meets dead companion’s family, fulfil promise

Zoo veterinarians perform rare C-section on gorilla SAN DIEGO — Veterinarians at the San Diego Zoo have performed a rare cesarean section on an 18-year-old gorilla.

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U.S. won’t recognize outcome of Crimea referendum: Kerry LONDON — Washington and the international community won’t recognize the outcome of Sunday’s referendum in Crimea on seceding from Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday after six hours of talks with Russia’s foreign minister.

His comments came after Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov acknowledged there was no “common vision” between the two nations over the crisis.

Sunday’s vote on Crimea — Ukraine’s strategic Black Sea peninsula of 2 million people — is widely expected to back secession and, potentially, annexation with Russia. The new government in Kyiv believes the vote is illegal, but Moscow says it does not recognize the new government as legitimate.

The U.S. and EU say the Crimean vote violates Ukraine’s constitution and international law. If Crimea votes to secede, the U.S. and European Union plan to slap sanctions as early as Monday on Russian officials and

businesses accused of escalating the crisis and undermining Ukraine’s new government.

Kerry said Friday he had put forward several ideas on how to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and address Russian concerns, too, but that Lavrov made clear Putin would not take any decisions until after Sunday’s vote.

Kerry said that in six hours of talks he had put forward several ideas on how to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and address Russian concerns, too, but that Lavrov made clear Putin would not take any decisions until after Sunday’s vote.

Lavrov on Friday reaffirmed that Russia will “respect the results of the referendum” in Crimea and said sanctions would harm relations.

“Our partners also realize that sanctions are counterproductive,” he said.

European and U.S. leaders have repeatedly urged Moscow to pull back its troops in Crimea and stop encouraging local militias there who are hyping the vote as a choice between re-establishing generations of ties with Russia or returning to echoes of fascism from Ukraine’s Second World War era.

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Chow’s mayoral bid sets stage for epic battle Olivia Chow’s long awaited jump in to the Toronto mayoral arena paves the way for a high-stakes byelection that should give Canadians their best preview to date of the 2015 federal battle between the Liberals and the NDP. Now that Chow has stepped down as MP for Trinity-Spadina, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has until the fall to choose a date to fill the Toronto vacancy.

Chow’s riding is not Conservative-friendly. Over the past 25 years Harper’s party has never scored better than third place in Trinity-Spadina.

But that does not mean that the prime minister’s calculations will be devoid of strategic considerations.

If Harper waits until the limit to call the byelection, the campaign would take place concurrently with the last stretch of the Toronto municipal election — timing that would be less than ideal from the perspective of Trinity-Spadina voters.

It may suit Harper to ensure that his opposition rivals have to compete with the mayoral battle for attention. But CHANTAL a late call stands to give the HÉBERT Liberals an organizational edge over the NDP. With Chow running for mayor, the New Democrats may not be able to count on as many boots on the ground of Trinity-Spadina in the fall as they would this spring.

Helping Trudeau to secure more momentum for his party with a high-profile win against the NDP is certainly not on Harper’s 2014 to-do list.

On the other hand, a byelection held this spring could well coincide with an Ontario provincial campaign. From Harper’s partisan perspective, anything that takes some Liberal and NDP foot soldiers out of the provincial trenches is a bonus for Tim Hudak’s Tories.

Whenever the byelection is called, the stage will be set for a Liberal/NDP battle that may make last fall’s hard-fought duel for Bob Rae’s former seat of Toronto-Centre come across as a mere warm-up act.

Coming as it will a year before the general election — in a province where both the Liberals and the New Democrats are jostling to cast themselves as the alternative to the ruling Conservatives — TrinitySpadina will be a major test for Justin Trudeau and Thomas Mulcair.

In 2011, Chow won more than 50 per cent of the votes cast in the riding, but that kind of decisive number is the exception rather than the rule for Trinity-Spadina.

Since the late 1980s, the seat has swung from the NDP to the Liberals and back and most campaigns prior to 2011 were fought street by street.

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If there is a constant it is that the Liberals tend to do well in Trinity-Spadina when they are doing well nationally.

In 1993 — the year Jean Chrétien swept Ontario — the Liberals won the seat with more than 50 per cent of the vote.

If the NDP is to be seen as a serious contender for power in 2015, Mulcair can’t afford to lose any of his current Ontario territory between now and the general election.

But it is just as important for Trudeau — who starts off from third place seat-wise — to continue to gain ground.

The Trinity-Spadina byelection will take place in the aftermath of the April 7 Quebec election.

If the PQ wins a majority next month the stakes could be even higher for the Quebec-based leaders of the NDP and the Liberals.

For Mulcair, it will be an occasion to road-test his contention that 50 per cent plus one is a high enough referendum bar to set the negotiation of Quebec’s terms of secession from Canada in motion.

Trudeau contends that a higher albeit yet unspecified threshold is in order.

At the time of the debate on the clarity act in the late ’90s, New Democrat sympathies for the Liberal move to come up with federal rules for future Quebec referendums ran nowhere lower — outside that province — than in Toronto’s NDP circles.

If Mulcair can’t sell his referendum approach in a downtown Toronto riding that his party has held in every election since Chrétien retired, he might be hard-pressed to sell it anywhere else outside Quebec in the 2015 election.

Chantal Hébert is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer.

Afghanistan: mission not accomplished UPCOMING ELECTION WILL BE DEEPLY EMBARRASSING FOR WESTERN LEADERS Britain’s Prime Minister David Cam- for the troops, only his support for eron rambled a bit on his visit to Af- their mission,” wrote former Defence ghanistan last December, but ended up Secretary Robert Gates, and he was sounding just as deluded as U.S. Presi- right. dent George W. Bush had been when So was Obama, in the sense that he he proclaimed “Mission acrealized the mission, whatcomplished” six weeks after ever its purpose (the defithe invasion of Iraq. nitions kept changing), was British troops were sent neither doable nor worth to Afghanistan, Cameron doing. said, “so it doesn’t become But in fact he did supa haven for terror. That is port it, at least to the extent the mission ... and I think of not pulling the plug on we will have accomplished it — and 1,685 of the 2,315 that mission.”

American soldiers killed Prime Minister Stephen in Afghanistan died on his Harper was equally upbeat watch. He could do better. when addressing CanadiNow there’s another an troops just before they “election” coming up in GWYNNE pulled out in 2011.

Afghanistan (on April 5), DYER Afghanistan no longer and at least three-quarrepresents a “geostrategic ters of the remaining forrisk to the world (and) is no eign troops (perhaps all of longer a source of global them) will be gone from the terrorism,” he said. country by the end of this year, and Both men are technically correct, the whole thing is getting ready to fall since Afghanistan never was a “geo- apart. strategic risk to the world” or “a haven This will pose no threat to the rest for terror,” but they must both know of the world, but it’s going to be deeply that the whole war was really a point- embarrassing for the Western leaders less waste of lives. who nailed their flags to this particuObviously, neither man can afford to lar mast. say that the soldiers who died in obediThe election is to replace President ence to the orders of their government Hamid Karzai, who has served two full (448 British troops, 158 Canadians) died terms and cannot run again. in vain, but Barack Obama has found a It will be at least as crooked as the better way to address the dilemma: he last one in 2009: 20.7 million voters just doesn’t offer any assessment of the cards have already been distributed campaign’s success. in a country where there are only 13.5 “I never doubted Obama’s support million people over the age of 18.

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Karzai is so confident of remaining the power behind the throne that he is building his “retirement” residence next to the presidential palace, but he’s probably wrong.

His confidence is based on his skill as a manipulator of tribal politics.

Indeed, his insistence that the U.S. hand over control of Bagram jail, and his subsequent release of 72 hard-core Taliban prisoners, was designed to rebuild ties with the prisoners’ families and clans before the election.

But it is that same Taliban organization that will probably make all Karzai’s plans and plots irrelevant.

It’s not that the Taliban will sweep back to power all over Afghanistan once Western troops leave.

They really only controlled the Pashtun-majority areas of the east and south and the area around the capital even when they were “in power” in 1996-2001, while the Tajiks, Uzbeks and Hazaras of the Northern Alliance ruled the rest.

That pattern is likely to reappear, with the Taliban and the northern warlords pushing politicians like Karzai aside — probably not at once, when most or all of the Western troops go home at the end of this year, but a while later, when the flow of aid (which accounts for 97 per cent of Afghan government spending) finally stops.

The U.S.-backed government of South Vietnam did not collapse when American troops went home in 1973, but two years later, when Congress cut the aid to Saigon.

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The Soviet-backed government of Afghanistan did not collapse when Soviet troops withdrew in 1989, but three years later, after the Soviet Union collapsed and Russia cut the aid.

It will happen that way again.

The new part-Taliban Afghanistan that emerges will be no more a source of international terrorism than the old part-Taliban Afghanistan was. It was Osama bin Laden and his merry men, mostly Arabs and a few Pakistanis, who plotted and carried out the 9/11 attacks, not the Taliban.

True, bin Laden et al. were guests on Afghan soil at the time, but it is highly unlikely that they told the Taliban about the attacks in advance.

After all, they were probably going to get their hosts’ country invaded by the United States; best not to bring it up. And there have been no international terrorist attacks coming out of Afghanistan in the past eight years, although the Taliban already control a fair chunk of the country.

The election will unfold as Karzai wishes, and his preferred candidate (exactly who is still not clear) will probably emerge as the new president, but this truly is a case of rearranging the deck-chairs on the Titanic.

The second long foreign occupation of Afghanistan in half a century is drawing to a close, and Afghanistan’s own politics and history are about to resume.

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Preparing for a different future RECENT JOB PICTURE DOES NOT REFLECT A ROBUST ECONOMY In its review of Canada’s job creation performance for the past year, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce presents a largely discouraging picture.

Canada generated just 99,000 net new jobs, and about 95 per cent of these were part-time jobs, according to the Chamber.

Moreover, the majority of net new jobs went to those 55 and older.

This is not the picture of a robust economy.

A mismatch between the skills of the unemployed and the skills employers need is often blamed for Canada’s high unemployment and there’s no question skills shortages make the situation worse.

DAVID Yet if all the job vacancies CRANE reported by Statistics Canada were filled by those currently unemployed, there would still be more than one million unemployed Canadians.

The recent federal budget focused on skills upgrading and training, which is important if more Canadians are to have the opportunity to acquire indemand skills.

But the real issue goes beyond that.

We don’t have a handle on is what kind of economy, and what mixture of jobs, Canada will need in the future.

What kind of world should we be preparing for, and how do we shape it to our benefit?

These are not easy questions, but Canada could learn from the U.K. Commission for Employment and Skills, which has just issued an important report, The

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Future of Work: Jobs and Skills in 2030.

The commission identified what it called the 13 most influential and plausible trends impacting the jobs and skills landscape and most of these trends would apply in Canada as well.

They include: Demographic change (including population aging); the impact of information and communications technology (ICT), outsourcing and globalization on the work environment; the digitalization of production (including advanced manufacturing technologies); ICT development and the age of big data; changing economic perspectives due to globalization and technological change; Asia’s growing power and influence; new business ecosystems based on networks; and climate change and other environmental risks.

The commission ends up with four possible scenarios.

But each of them, in differing ways, points to a risk of weakened job security for much of the workforce, the prospect of a two-tier society of ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots,’ growing power of employers over employees, a widening income gap, the risk of an hourglass-shaped labour market with the squeezed middle of the workforce watching jobs disappear, and the threat to many jobs, including professional jobs, from advances in technology.

“Jobs which have traditionally occupied the middle of the skills hierarchy and earnings range, such as white collar administrative roles and skilled/ semi-skilled blue-collar roles, are declining at a significant rate due to changes in work organization driven by technology and globalization,” the commission warns.

“New types of jobs are emerging to fill the middle grounds but these have markedly different entry routes and skill requirements.”

At the same time as many jobs are threatened,

there could be a shortage of high-skilled talent. The commission also expects there will be growth in health and social care jobs with an aging population, but with technology changing the profile of many jobs.

Many professional jobs could be automated, including the impact of ICT using smart algorithms.

Automation in the back office, e-commerce and other technology impacts will change the skills mix in retailing and logistics.

A successful manufacturing sector will have to respond to globalization, new technologies, and changing patterns of international trade by shifting to advanced manufacturing systems and a highly-skilled workforce in production networks.

The education sector will play a bigger role with the development of market-based and employer focused education, greater use of online education and training and a greater demand for programs that can demonstrate future employability.

In Canada we face huge challenges in trying to understand what the future holds, and this not only affects jobs and incomes.

It affects innovation strategy, the design of the pension system, the kinds of training and mobility programs we have, what we teach in schools, and how, and the work rules to protect employees in a world where there may be many more temporary jobs, to give just some examples.

We need to much better understand what kinds of jobs and incomes can Canadians look forward to, and how do we best prepare Canadians for a much different future.

We will pay a big price if we delay getting much better focused on our future world and what we can do to shape it to our benefit.

Economist David Crane is a syndicated Toronto Star columnist. He can be reached at crane@interlog.com.

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I get a text.

But my son did what every It’s my Rotten Kid, the son person his age does when they one. have a life-changHim: “Dad, are ing problem to deal you still up?” with: they search it Me: “Sure. Just up on the interweb. thinking about getAnd, sure ting a snack.” enough, it turns Him: “There’s a out that the little mouse in my apartmammals can fly, ment.” and they probably Me: “I’ll be right just zoomed up to over. With a cat.” his balcony and OK, just kidlet themselves in ding about the cat through the sliding part but suffice to doors.

HARLEY say my RK’s brief Oh, no, sorry HAY message launched that’s bats, those quite a flurry of other type of roactivity centered dents that look a around that ubiqbit like mice with uitous of all rodents, the mus wings — and you don’t want musculus. those things in your apartment Thing is, my son lives near either, that’s for darn sure. downtown in a fairly, shall But anyway, for a few days we say, “cost effective” apartprevious to the midnight text, ment, but his place is on the he had been hearing some fourth floor. sort of scratching noise that In spite of the “cost efseemed to be coming from the fectiveness” it’s a fairly new walls. place, and he keeps his apartHe just chalked that up to ment clean and more or less the neighbours or the pipes or tidy — at least to the level of something else to be expected young adult male tidiness. in a “cost effective” apartment So you can usually see most building, and tried really hard of the floor, underneath the to forget about spooky noises dirty laundry and pizza boxes. in the walls in the dead of And anyway, you wouldn’t night. expect a house mouse to be And then on that fateful scratching his or her way all midnight, he was busy rackthe way to the fourth floor. ing up some quality Netflix At least I wouldn’t have extime when, nonchalant as you pected it. Until now. please, a fat little mouse todI deduced cleverly that the dled across the carpet in front rodent or rodents (because of the TV and scooted behind there’s never just one) must be a bookcase. sneaking up the stairs in the This caused a wee bit of middle of the night because, kafuffle for the Rotten Kid they are nocturnal, after all — who wasn’t really expecting a everybody knows that. visitor at the time, and takes But of course, that’s just his privacy serious, especially dumb. I’m pretty sure they when it involves rodents. took the elevator.

Now this kid of mine has

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spent many months living in jungles and forests in foreign lands like Ecuador, Madagascar and Vanuatu on volunteer wildlife research adventures so he’s no stranger to living with vermin.

Also there were a lot of small rodents around besides the other volunteers (har har).

But, as he says, to see a tiny red pair of beady eyes staring at you in the middle of the night in the steamy creatureinfested Amazon is one thing, but in his own apartment in Central Alberta in the winter?

Not so much.

So the next day he contacted the landlord to send an exterminator and what they did send was a janitor with three snap traps.

You know, those classic spring-loaded mousetraps, which were invented by William C. Hooker of Abingdon, Ill., in 1894. (I looked it up.)

This not being anybody’s definition of professional extermination of a rodent problem, the RK went and purchased several more supposedly humane live traps with the thought of maybe relocating any varmints that got caught.

Perhaps relocating them to Saskatchewan, say.

He also bought a bunch of steel wool and other materi-

als suggested by the interweb and proceeded to stuff all the cracks, crevices, gaping holes, etc., around the heating registers, plumbing, visitors, etc., until even the baby brother of the smallest ant in a colony couldn’t get in to his apartment.

Then one night a few days later, about 3 a.m., my son hears a shuffle shuffle shuffle and then a SNAP and, well, let’s just say it wasn’t the mousetrap snapping away all by itself just for fun.

So after he put on his work boots and his work gloves and gingerly, shall we say, very gingerly disposed of the problem, he spent the rest of a sleepless night listening for more shuffling and snapping.

And he spent the most of the next day reinforcing the steel wool stuffing, and adding a thick bar of weatherstripping under his apartment door. Just in case.

For a couple of weeks now, all the traps in his place remain empty; however, visitors to his apartment have to dance around being very, very careful where they step.

And pretty well every night there’s that scratching and rustling around, which of course means that god knows how many meeces are in the walls. Yikes.

But I’m just glad I didn’t have to get personally involved in a hands-on way in the vermin eradication adventure, I’m thinking to myself.

And then, at our house just the other day, as the ginormous mounds of snow outside the window are finally starting to melt, guess what I see?

More snow.

Oh, and also, you are correct of course. It’s about noon and I’m looking at the birds on the bird feeders out of the window by the side of the house, and I’m noticing the piles and piles of scattered bird seed on the snow underneath the bird feeders and then a little mousey head pokes up from a hole in the snow.

I send a text: Me: “Son. You up yet?”

Him: “Yep. Off to class.”

Me: “Want to drop by for supper tonight?”

Him: “Sure, I guess, thanks.”

Me: “I’ve got a little job for you.”

Click.

Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician.

His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

Learning to look past the garbage of street life When I’m not at the kitchen or otherwise occupied, my favourite place is my Lazyboy.

Believe it or not, my body has an intimate relationship with it, so it’s not uncommon for me to sit back and look out the window; observing the many birds that come to the feeder that I have hanging just outside.

Chickadees, red polls and downy woodpeckers scramble all over the feeder in order to get at the seeds, but the most prolific birds are, of course, the house sparrow.

CHRIS Not too long ago, as I was SALOMONS headed out the door, a Blue Jay sat in the apple tree and started chattering at me.

A quick look at the feeder that I have for them was all it took to see that his platform was empty, so I went to the garage and got the jay mix.

Then, stepping back, I watched as this blue complainer grabbed a peanut and flew off as quickly as he could.

As I watch the others from my chair, there is a short feeding frenzy, and then as quickly as they

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came, they are gone.

And of course my mind goes into overdrive, which is good, because my body isn’t moving, so at least something is happening.

But just watching these two-legged, winged creatures is a pleasure for me, so I continue to feed them.

Through this feeding, many of these feathered friends have little fear when we are outside with them, and this got my mind to thinking how much like birds are the people who we feed at the kitchen.

When we started the kitchen almost 15 years ago, one of the purposes that we had envisioned was that we would be able to befriend the street folk and then begin meaningful dialogue with them.

The idea being that we could learn the reasons for their existence in that environment, and also share with them the reasons for the hope that we have.

Like the food in a bird feeder, we provided food without cost or expectation other than the opportunity to befriend them, commiserate with them about unfairness in the world, and learn what we could about addictions and efforts to deal with them.

We make no bones about the fact that we are Christians, but do not use that as a prerequisite to being able to eat, or even to become our friends.

We just present it as a reason for our lives, and also for what we do in feeding and sincerely caring for people of all walks.

And like the birdfeeders in our yard have in-

creased our knowledge and care for this beautiful feathered part of creation, so the soup kitchen has increased our knowledge and care for and about the folks we deal with downtown.

The similarities don’t end there either; we have birds coming to the feeders that are overly aggressive and drive others away.

The worst are magpies of course, but then sparrows are also very aggressive.

Their efforts at a feeder are to throw everything away that they do not want, thereby eliminating good food for others.

We have witnessed the harassment by dealers in scaring the addicted away from the kitchen because they have not paid for the crack they purchased on credit earlier.

One time, I even witnessed a dealer taking a lunch one working man had purchased simply as an intimidation measure because his bill for drugs was due.

Is it any wonder then that it is a pleasure just to watch a few birds at a feeder rather than to witness some of the garbage that goes on in street life?

Having said that, I still feel an overpowering urge and desire to see justice done on the street, and to have every person who desires to escape that destructive lifestyle receive every opportunity that is open to them.

Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

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Moorish magnificence

Alhambra

A STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL MOORISH CITADEL, THE ALHAMBRA IS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE AND THE MOST POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION IN ALL OF SPAIN — A REMINDER OF THE REGION’S HISTORY OF CONQUEST AND RECONQUEST “Give him alms, woman, for there is nothing sadder in life than being blind in Granada.”

— Francisco Asis de Icaza (1863-1925) It is late afternoon and I am standing in the Courtyard of Lions in the heart of the Alhambra, a stunningly beautiful Moorish citadel located in Granada, Spain.

It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the most popular tourist attraction in all of Spain, and I know I am lucky to be here. Many a traveller has made it to Granada and been unable to get a ticket to enter the Alhambra, because the city strictly limits the number of entrance tickets available on any given day.

DEBBIE There is a loophole to OLSEN the ticket crunch, though — when you book a group tour with a local guide, your ticket is included.

Having a guide is almost always a plus when you are touring a massive historical site and our guide Alfonso is particularly passionate about his job. As he walks us through the Casa Real, or Royal Palace, he just can’t help but gush excitedly in an effort to help us understand what this magnificent palace might have looked like centuries earlier.

“Imagine what this room was like in the days of the Sultans,” he says with a hush in his voice.

“There were stained glass windows over here, silk carpets here, and fine furnishings throughout. Now imagine colour in the plaster and the smell of jasmine in the air.”

Spain is one of the most Catholic countries in all of Europe, but for more than 700 years the country was under Muslim rule. Alhambra stands as a reminder of the region’s history of conquest and reconquest — the best preserved Moorish castle in Europe and the last stronghold of the Moorish kingdom.

Construction of Alhambra began in 1238 by Ibn el-Ahmar, the first king of the Nasrids, and the great citadel was built up by subsequent generations so that it was not one single building, but a great conglomerate of houses, schools, baths, barracks and gardens.

The palace is the ultimate example of Moorish magnificence. To the Moors, water was the symbol of life and Alhambra is decorated with many fountains, waterfalls and ponds — inside and out. Moorish aqueducts form part of a complex irrigation system that brought cool water down from the Sierra Nevada Mountains into the palace and gardens.

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CLOCKWISE FROM BELOW: The Patio de Comares is a state section of the palace. This beautiful courtyard has a long goldfish pond in the centre with myrtle hedges fanning it.

Fountains at each end provide water. The Comares Tower is pictured behind the patio.

At each end of the courtyard are semicircular arches covered with inscriptions praising God. The conquering Christians might have destroyed the Arabic inscriptions had they recognized them for what they are. Most thought they were simply decorations; Some research suggests that the 11th century lions of the Lion Fountain come from the house of the Jewish vizier Yusuf Ibn Nagrela (1066). He was accused of wanting to build a much bigger palace than the king’s; Each room inside the Palacios Nazaries is completely adorned from top to bottom. Arabic calligraphy is all over the walls, but one phrase “only God is victorious” is repeated 9,000 times throughout the Alhambra; The gardens were not in bloom when we visited Alhambra in late March last year, but they were still impressive.

To see the gardens in their full splendour, a visit in late June would be ideal. Not unlike Canada, spring wasn’t quite there in late March; Poems, ballads and books have been written about Alhambra. Construction of this massive fortress and palace complex began in 1238 and for more than 700 years it was the seat of power for the Moorish kingdom in Spain.

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From top: Acapulco sunsets are magnificent; Acapulco Harbor; Tasco pottery market.

Bottom left: Senor Frog’s.

Bottom right: Acapulco cliff diver.

BY DUANE MCCARTNEY SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE In Acapulco’s golden era, high society met on its shores. Hollywood stars were regulars, including Elizabeth Taylor, who married her third husband there.

Acapulco has lost its former ranking as a leading international tourist destination to younger upstart resorts. There are no direct flights from Alberta and it takes a day to get there. However, it is definitely worth the effort to go if you are looking for a crowdfree, quiet holiday.

Acapulco is a city of beaches, each with its own personality. We stayed at the Mayen Sea Gardens, about a half-hour taxi ride south of downtown Acapulco.

The place is full of condominiums, but there was basically no one there when we arrived. We had the beach to ourselves and on our long beach walks, we might see a total of 10 people.

Apparently the wealthy Mexicans who live in Mexico City own the majority of the condos and they don’t go to the beach in February and March. Taxi rates were posted at the hotel and this really helped but other than the hotel desk manager, basically no one spoke English and we spoke no Spanish! The manager was able to line us up with Papi, an older English-speaking taxi driver.

Papi became our personal tour guide.

Papi took us on a city tour. There were new high end shopping malls with very few cars in the parking lot, a beautiful church high up in the hills with a fabulous view of Acapulco, and all sort of expensive homes with security walls and beautiful gardens.

In downtown Acapulco, there was plenty of traffic, and lots of T-shirt shops, bars, restaurants and amusement activities.

The main beach was crowded with the many hotel guests. Unfortunately for us, there were very few art galleries.

On the beach near the downtown area, the locals played volleyball and fishermen reeled in their nets.

Acapulco used to be a major destination for the cruise ships, but the ships don’t stop here any more due to major security and theft issues. We felt very safe as there were armed military and armed city police all through the area. The harbour area where the cruise ships used to stop is now a huge parking lot full of new cars in transit.

Papi said, “Let me tell you about the famous cliff divers. In the 1930s, Teddy Stauffer a Swiss big band leader, playboy and hotel and club owner noticed kids jumping off the cliffs into the sea. With his encouragement and marketing skills, Acapulco now has the famous cliff divers.” A trip to Acapulco isn’t complete until you’ve seen the famous divers at La Quebrada leap from a 40-metre (130 foot) cliff into 3.3 metres (11 feet) of water.

Without a car, we got a little cabin fever. We were looking for an adventure by the second week of our stay. Our friend Mike had previously backpacked the region and encouraged us to visit Taxco, an old gold and silver mining town in the mountains half way between Acapulco and Mexico City.

Apparently after the Spanish Conquest in 1521, conquistador Hernan Cortes learned that the Indians living in the mountains south of what is now Mexico City paid earlier conqueror Moctezuma in blocks of silver and gold.

The Taxco Indians extracted silver and gold from what is believed to be one of the earliest mines in North America.

In 1759, French-born mining magnet Jose de la Borda built Santa Prisco Parish church declaring

“God gives to Borda, Borda gives to God.” In the 1920s, American professor of architecture William Spratling set up a silver jewelry workshop and Taxco became the silver capital of the world.

Spratling’s designs are still made in the original moulds he designed.

The half-day bus ride to Taxco was excellent, on major mountain highways in the luxury road bus.

There was a lot of very rough country as we drove up the mountain.

From time to time we would see cattle grazing on corn stock residue and scrub brush as it was the dry season and there was no green grass.

When the bus arrived in Taxco, a tourist information officer greeted us with a local city map and got us a taxi to our hotel.

We would have never found it on our own up the steep and narrow cobblestone streets in this mountain-top town.

Our accommodation was great, in a two-storey colonial hotel complete with courtyard, beautiful flower gardens and flowering trees, and a large upper patio area that overlooked the city.

It was a magical place and well worth the effort of getting there.

Since Taxco was halfway between Mexico City and Acapulco, it is a major tourist attraction for the Mexicans. We saw very few foreigners. There were so many jewelry shops it was mind-boggling.

If you go ● Air Canada doesn’t have any direct flights but we were able to fly Air Canada to Houston, then Air Mexico to Mexico City and then on to Acapulco. ● We stayed at the Mayen Sea Garden (www.seagarden.com), which is part of the Grand Mayan and Mayan Place resorts (www.thegrandmayan.com and www.mayanplace.com). It is a very large complex and you take a shuttle bus to move around the resort.

The Grand Mayan is designed for families with a huge water park and excellent golf courses. ● Taxco Hotel Los Arcos is a colonial-era hotel nestled in the mining town in the mountains with steep cobblestone streets flanked by jewelry shops, workshops and markets selling everything from jewelry to home decorating items made of silver. www. hotellosarcos.net Duane McCartney is a local freelance writer.

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In the late 19th century, Gypsies who moved from the countryside into Granada carved their homes out of the hillsides. Many still live in these cave dwellings, though they have been modernized.

ALHAMBRA: Signs of Christianity The irrigation system turns the entire hill a lush, beautiful oasis.

Each room inside the Palacios Nazaries is adorned from top to bottom. Intricately carved wooden ceilings, stuccoed columns, marble fountains, coloured ceramic tiles, filigree windows and remnants of red, blue and yellow paint provide a peak at the visual culture and artful design of the Moors.

Arabic calligraphy is all over the walls — mostly snatches of poetry and verses from the Qur’an, but one phrase, “only God is victorious,” is repeated 9,000 times throughout the Alhambra.

The most stunning sections of Alhambra are the Moorish areas, but you can also see signs of Christianity. In 1492, Christian forces captured Alhambra and took back control of the country. Shortly after, Charles V began construction of his own palace on top of the ruins of Alhambra. Building your castle on top of the last guy’s castle is perhaps the ultimate gesture of conquest and it symbolized the beginning of Spain’s Golden Age. Due to fears of seismic instability, Charles V never completed the new castle at Alhambra. Within a few short decades, he became the most powerful

man in the world.

Over the centuries, poets and writers have immortalized Alhambra. Songs, ballads and legends of love and war abound about this historic site. It is said that when Alhambra’s last Moorish king, King Boabdil, was forced from the palace by the Catholic Reconquista in 1492, he stopped on a mountain path, looked back one final time and shed a tear for losing his great fortress and palace.

As our tour comes to an end, our guide leaves us to wander through the extensive gardens on our own. From a viewpoint in the garden, we can see the entire fortress with the city below it and the Sierra Nevada Mountains towering above it. It’s easy to see why Boabdil couldn’t help looking back.

If you go ● Alhambra is Spain’s most popular tourist attraction and tickets can sell out days in advance — especially during peak travel times. It is wise to purchase tickets well in advance at www.alhambra-tickets.es.

It will cost €15.40 to purchase a ticket for a visit at a specific time. Be sure to be on time or admission may be denied. For more information about Alhambra, visit the official website at www.alhambrapatronato.es. ● If you don’t buy your tickets in advance, there are some tickets available on the day, but you have to line up at the ticket office at Alhambra. If you get there right at opening time, you will have a better chance of getting a last-minute ticket. The other alternative is to book a guided tour where the admis-

sion ticket is included. Even the guided tours should be booked in advance though.

Exploring the life of a Gypsy Granada is home to about 50,000 Gypsies, or Roma people. The hilly Sacromonte District (Gypsy District) is a fascinating area of Granada with a special cultural vibe that is fun to drive through.

In the late 19th century, many Gypsies built unique homes carved out of hard-packed lime soil in the hills. Today there are still about 200 inhabited cave dwellings in this area. It is fascinating to step inside these dwellings, which though simple on the outside have painted walls and modern furnishings on the inside. Visitors can stay overnight in a cave dwelling for about €70 per night at the Las Cuevas El Abanico hotels (www.el-albanico.com), one of the most unusual accommodations in Spain.

Another way to experience a Gypsy cave is to enjoy a performance of Zambra Flamenco at Venta El Gallo (www.ventagallo.com). This form of Flamenco was developed by the Gypsies of Granada and performances are held inside a large cave dug deep into a hillside. The show costs about €22.

Debbie Olsen is a Lacombe-based freelance writer.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PENSACOLA, Fla. — From portable beach jails to extra emergency medical staffing, Florida is coping with the annual — but not altogether unwelcome — invasion otherwise known as spring break.

But if your impression of spring break from MTV and “Girls Gone Wild” is of an unscripted, chaotic mess of beaches, booze and bikinis, you’re only partly right. The state’s Gulf Coast does experience an onslaught of thousands of teenagers and college students every spring. But the fact is, the bulk of spring tourism to the state is families, said Paul Phipps, spokesman for Visit Florida.

And this year, Phipps expects March and April to break Florida tourism records because of pent-up demand created by unusually cold and snowy weather in much of the country.

“January and February numbers were up over last year and we expect that trend to continue,” he said.

More than half the state’s spring break visitors will head to theme parks and other attractions in Orlando. This is the third-most popular time of year to visit Orlando after peak summer and Christmas time, according to Mark Jaronski, spokesman for Visit Orlando. Advance hotel bookings for March and April already indicate a record spring season for the area, he said, despite the lack of discounts this time of year.

In Panama City Beach, officials are preparing for a different demographic: thousands of teens and 20-somethings. Dan Rowe, president of the Panama City Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau, expects 250,000 to 300,000 college students during March.

The city brings in dozens of additional law enforcement staffers from outside agencies to handle the crowds, along with a mobile booking unit with a juvenile detention area. Panama City Beach Police Chief Drew Whitman, who has 20 years of experience with spring break law enforcement, said the mobile unit allows officers to enforce underage drinking and other violations without making the two-hour round trip from beach to county jail.

The spike in law enforcement activity following a slow winter has already started. Between March 7 and March 12, Whitman said Panama City Beach made 211 arrests, most for underage drinking, public intoxication, DUI and other spring break-related offences, including one person charged with sexual assault, he said.

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SPORTS

B4 Rebels in control of destiny

RED DEER NEEDS ONE WIN TO CLINCH AT LEAST A TIE-BREAKER

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR The Red Deer Rebels are masters of their own destiny.

The Rebels require just one more win to at least get to a tie-breaker game that would decide eighth place in the WHL Eastern Conference. The trouble is, just two games remain on their regular-season schedule and both are

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against the front-running Edmonton Oil Kings — tonight at the Centrium and Sunday afternoon in the provincial capital.

Red Deer Rebels captain Conner Bleackley remembers glancing at the team’s schedule a few weeks back and developing a sneaking suspicion that the final two games would be of extra importance.

“I just knew they were somehow going to be huge games and that’s exactly what its come down to,” Bleackley said Friday. “At the same time, we do control our fate and that’s all you can ask for as a team. We just have to go out there and do the job and at the end of the day hopefully we’ll be where we want to be.”

WHL The Rebels are locked in a three-team race for the final two playoff berths in the conference. The other post-season contenders — Brandon and Prince Albert — both played Friday and conclude their regular-season slates tonight.

The Rebels need one win to either lock up one of the spots or advance to a tie-breaker, which they would host Tuesday.

“I kind of just learned about that tie-breaker. That’s pretty crazy,” said Bleackley. “Hopefully we get two wins and get into the playoffs, but that tie-

breaker game would be pretty cool.”

The Oil Kings could be missing as many as four regulars this weekend, but that won’t matter if the Rebels don’t play better defensively than was the case in Wednesday’s 3-2 victory over the visiting Kootenay Ice. Netminder Patrik Bartosak basically stole the win with a brilliant 47-save performance.

While the Ice have a couple of dynamic offensive players in Sam Reinhart and Jaedon Descheneau, they don’t possess Edmonton’s firepower.

Quite simply, Red Deer likely can’t afford to give up 45 to 50 shots against the Oil Kings.

Please see REBELS on Page B6

MAJOR MIDGET HOCKEY

Optimist Chiefs overwhelm Buffaloes

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Lindsay Thurber Raider Jesse Ross, left, and Hunting Hills Lightning Justin Van Tetering clash for control of the ball during the city 4A high school basketball championship at Hunting Hills on Friday. Hunting Hills won the game 70-61 and the best-of-three series 2-1.

Lightning strike for city title

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Lightning 70 Raiders 61 The Hunting hills Lightning could have went into the deciding game of their best-of-three Central Alberta high school 4A boys’ basketball playoff against the Lindsay Thurber Raiders a bit tight.

The Raiders appeared to have the momentum after evening the series with an 80-70 victory at Hunting Hills High School Thursday.

But in the end the Lightning were the looser team as they made all their key shots down the stretch to record a 70-61 victory before a near capacity crowd at Hunting Hills and advance to the provincial 4A championships in Lethbridge and Magrath.

“We were a little bit tight early, but we were able to relax,” said Lightning head coach Scott Doan.

“But we have six Grade 12s, so I expected them to be able to handle it (after losing Thursday).”

“The message after Thursday’s game was there wasn’t enough time to worry about it we just needed to bounce back,” said Lightning co-cap-

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL tain Sean Campbell.

The Lightning jumped into a 16-9 lead after the first quarter with the Raiders storming back to take a 30-27 lead at the half.

“We weren’t getting enough out of our post players early on, but once we started pounding it inside we got going,” explained Raiders head coach Dwayne Lalor, whose squad led 42-41 after three quarters. “But in the end they shot better than we did. I thought we defended good, only giving them 70 points, but we finished with 61 and you won’t win many games at this level by scoring 61 points.

“We gave a tremendous effort, but we didn’t keep them off the board enough and our free throw shooting wasn’t there. I’m not sure we hit 50 per cent from the line.”

Doan switched defences, which helped against the Raiders inside players, plus he spread the offence out, opening room to drive the lane.

“It gave more room to drive and we did a good job of that and were

able to dish the ball out once we did,” said Doan, who has been battling illness all season and received a standing ovation at the end.

“It was touching,” he said.

“It was rewarding for him,” said Campbell, who said the team didn’t discuss Doan’s illness, but “we knew it was there.”

“Scott is a tremendous coach and he beat my ass again,” said Lalor with a smile. “Credit to him.”

Campbell led the Lightning with 17 points while Jesse Ross added 15, Mackenzie Wright 12, Linden Petersen 11 and Matt Mackie nine.

Raiders outstanding forward Tanner Rehn led both teams with 20 points and finished the three-game playoffs with 72. Justin VanTetering had his best game of the playoffs with 17 points, nailing three threes.

Ben Pasiuk added nine points.

“Justin shot the lights out, I should have used him more, it was his best offence performance,” concluded Lalor. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

RDC Kings take Sheridan to task ADVOCATE STAFF SQUAMISH, B.C. — The RDC Kings were within striking distance of advancing to the national men’s basketball final when a major injury to a player from Sheridan College Bruins of Oakville, Ont., delayed the game.

Then Kings led 102-86 with 1:53 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Because of a press deadlines we couldn’t get the final score.

With a win the Kings face topseeded Langara Falcons of Vancouver in tonight’s 9:30 p.m. (MDT) gold medal game.

The Falcons edged Vanier from Saint-Laurent, Que., 103-102 in overtime in the other semifinal. On the bronze medal side, the host Quest University Kermodes downed Crandall University of Moncton,. N.B., 9583 and Holland University of Charlottetown, P.E.I., stopped the Concor-

dia Thunder 95-83. ● In women’s action in SaintLambert, Que., Montmorency of Laval, Que., downed Grant MacEwan University 77-51 while Camrose Augustana beat Quest 90-74 in bronze medal division play. Montmorency faces St. Thomas Tommies of Fredericton, N.B. in the final after a 72-69 win over Algonquin of Nepean, Ont. As well Holland stopped the host Camplain College 81-74.

Ooks 6 Kings 2 EDMONTON — The hockey Kings find themselves in a must win situation after dropping a 6-2 decision to the NAIT Ooks in the opening game of the best-of-three Alberta Colleges Men’s Hockey League semifinals Friday.

The teams were tied 2-2 after the first period with NAIT holding a 3-2 lead after 40 minutes.

“We kind of ran out of gas in the third,” said Kings head coach Trevor Keeper. “We were missing (Clayton)

Petrie then lost Doug Jones in the first period and DJay McGrath in the second, so we were down to three lines. That’s tough against a team like NAIT.” The Kings trailed 2-0 early before Riley Simpson connected against Ooks netminder Kyle Birch at 9:41 and Carter Page evened the count at 15:11.

Sam Waterfield, Michael Piluso, Jordan Wood, Kyle Harris, Joshua Lazowski and Jesse Slobodian scored for NAIT. Mike Salmon finished with 39 saves for the Kings who had 22 shots on Birch. RDC took four of six minor penalties.

The second game goes tonight at 7:15 p.m. at the Penhold Regional multiplex.

“We’ll be ready,” said Keeper. “I hope for a good crowd.”

The SAIT Trojans downed Augustana 2-1 to open the other semifinal.

Greg Meachem, Sports Editor, 403-314-4363 E-mail gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Optimist Chiefs 4 Buffaloes 1 The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs are never afraid of getting their hands dirty.

The Chiefs, true to form, brought their hard hats and work boots to the Arena Friday and simply overwhelmed the Calgary Buffaloes while posting a 4-1 victory and capturing the Alberta Midget Hockey League South Division championship in the process.

The Buffaloes, already trailing 2-0 in the best-of-five South final, never really threatened to get back into the series in a mustwin contest. The visitors trailed 2-0 after 20 minutes and were outshot 38-19 overall.

“I was really happy with our work ethic. It’s certainly starting to get to the next level,” said Chiefs head coach Doug Quinn.

“We’re starting to get a little more consistency in our game.”

Red Deer took total control of the series with an impressive 3-1 victory Wednesday at Calgary and might have been even better Friday.

“I thought the game in Calgary was a big one,” said Quinn. “We had to really step up in that game because we were short some bodies and they (Buffaloes) really were playing hard.

“Certainly the first two periods tonight were as good as we’ve played all year. We definitely had a bit of a lapse there when we went up and we had to regroup a little. We thought the game was over and they started to push back.”

Jeff de Wit staked the Chiefs to a 1-0 lead at 15:54 of the opening period when his shot from close range deflected off the shoulder of Buffaloes goaltender Logan Thompson and into the net. Ross Heidt notched the eventual winner three minutes later on a short-handed breakaway, beating Thompson with a backhand to the blocker side.

The Buffaloes carried the play early in a scoreless second period, but the Chiefs regrouped and finished the middle frame with an 11-6 edge in shots.

Red Deer was assessed four of six minor penalties in the second stanza and six of 10 for the game, but their special teams came through in spades with one power play goal and a perfect penalty kill.

“We’ve been working on our penalty kill and we had lots of practice on it tonight,” said Quinn. “I thought we did a great job on our penalty kill, but I’d like to see a little bit more out of our power play.”

The Chiefs’ lone man-advantage marker was provided by defenceman Travis Verveda, who wired a slapshot past Thompson at 9:23 of the third period.

Carsen Twarynski notched the Buffaloes’ lone marker at 13:18 with a wrist shot through a crowd, but Brad Makofka buried a rebound just 38 seconds later to seal the deal.

Thompson blocked 34 shots in defeat, while Chiefs netminder Jayden Sittler made 18 saves, including an early third-period stop on Zachary Befus after the Calgary forward broke in alone.

“The kids are getting better and we’re getting stronger as a team, but we still have a long way to go,” said Quinn, whose club will meet either the Lloydminster Bobcats or St. Albert Raiders in the league final.

The North Division final is tied 1-1 with Game 3 to be played tonight at Lloydminster.

The best-of-five AMHL championship series will open Friday at the Arena. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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We’re starting to get a little more consistency in our game.

— Doug Quinn Chiefs coach

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports Today

● Gymnastics: Women’s artistic southern zones at Exalta Gymnastics Club, Collicutt Centre. ● Bantam C hockey: Provincial championship at Rimbey, games at 8 and 10:30 a.m., 1, 3:30 and 6 p.m. ● Major midget girls hockey: Highwood at Red Deer, fourth game of best-ofthree South Division final, if necesssary, 12:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre ● Midget AA hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer Indy Graphics, first game of bestof-five South Central League final, 3:15 p.m., Arena. ● WHL: Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● College men’s hockey: NAIT at RDC, second game of best-of-three ACAC semifinal, 7:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Stettler, sixth game of best-of-seven North Division final, if necessary, 7:30 p.m. ● Senior AAA hockey: Innisfail at Bentley, third game of best-of-seven provincial final, 8 p.m., Red Deer Arena.

Sunday

● Bantam C hockey: Provincial championship at Rimbey, semifinals at 8 and 10:30 a.m., final at 4 p.m. ● Gymnastics: Women’s artistic southern zones at Exalta Gymnastics Club, Collicutt Centre. ● Midget AAA hockey: Red Deer at Calgary Buffaloes, fourth game of bestof-five South Division final, if necessary, 1:15 p.m., South Fish Creek. ● Midget AA hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer Indy Graphics, second game of best-of-five South Central League final, 3 p.m., Arena. ● WHL: Red Deer at Edmonton, 4 p.m., Rexall Place (Big 105).

Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP Dylan Bundy to Bowie (EL).

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned LHP Frank De Los Santos, RHP Nestor Molina and INF Carlos Sanchez to Charlotte (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned LHP Justin Marks to Omaha (PCL). Assigned LHP Scott Alexander and LHP Everett Teaford to their minor league camp. Signed RHP Brett Tomko and RHP Ramon Troncoso to minor league contracts.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Reassgined LHP Robert Carson, 1B C.J. Cron, C Anderson De La Rosa, 2B Taylor Lindsey and SS Shawn O’Malley to their minor league camp.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms with LHP Glen Perkins on a four-year contract.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned C Jesus Montero, OF Xavier Avery and OF James Jones to Tacoma (PCL). Reassigned INF Chris Taylor to their minor league camp.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHP Aaron Northcraft, LHP Carlos Perez and RHP Wirfin Obispo to Gwinnett (IL). Reassigned LHP Daniel Rodriguez; RHPs J.R. Graham, Jason Hursh, Mark Lamm, Lay Batista, Shae Simmons, Cody Martin and Yunesky Maya; Cs Matt Kennelly, Braeden Schlehuber, Jose Yepez; INFs Mark Hamilton, Edward Salcedo and OF Matt Lipka to their minor league camp.

CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned INF Arismendy Alcantara, INF Logan Watkins, OF Matt Szczur and RHP Dallas Beeler to Iowa (PCL) and OF Jorge Soler to Tennessee (SL). Assigned RHP Marcus Hatley, RHP Carlos Pimentel, LHP Eric Jokisch, INF Kris Bryant, INF Jeudy Valdez and OF Albert Almora to their minor league camp. Granted OF Aaron Cunningham his release.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Reassigned LHP Christian Friedrich, INF Cristhian Adames, INF Kyle Parker and OF Kent Matthes to their minor league camp.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Released C Louis Marson. Optioned LHP Jeremy Horst, C Tommy Joseph, OF Tyson Gillies and OF Zach Collier to their minor league camp. Reassigned LHP Cesar Jimenez, RHP Ken Giles, INF Andres Blanco and C Sebastian Valle to their minor league camp.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Optioned OF Gregory Polanco and RHP Duke Welker to Indianapolis (IL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Reassigned RHP Sam Gaviglio to their minor league camp.

Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Released OF Ricardo Lizcano.

FRONTIER GREYS — Signed LHP Devon Pearson. Received OF Waylen Sing Chow from Wichita (AA) for future considerations.

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed RHP Aaron Newcomb.

JOLIET SLAMMERS — Traded INF Niko Vasquez to Gateway for a player to be named.

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Signed LHP Gilbert Barrera, RHP Cal Bowling and RHP Max Duval.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MIAMI HEAT — Signed C Justin Hamilton. Released G DeAndre Kiggins from his 10-day contract.

MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Signed F Chris Wright to a 10-day contract, PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Signed G Darius Johnson-Odom to a 10-day contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Agreed to terms LB Daryl Smithon a four-year contract. Signed WR Steve Smith to a three-year contract.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed TE Mike McNeill to a two-year contract.

CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with CB Charles Tillman on a one-year contract.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed coach Marvin Lewis to a one-year contract extension, through the 2015 season.

DETROIT LIONS — Re-signed TE Brandon Pettigrew to a four-year contract.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Re-signed DT B.J. Raji.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed CB Cortland Finnegan and G Shelley Smith.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Re-signed WR Jerome Simpson. Signed CB Derek Cox. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Agreed to terms with LB Ramon Humber on a one-year contract.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Re-signed LB Jon Beason. Signed LB Jameel McClain.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed CB Tarell Brown.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed DT Cam Thomas to a two-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed CB Chris Cook to a one-year deal.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Agreed to terms with C Evan Dietrich-Smith.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with LB Wesley Woodyard on a multiyear contract.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed DE Jason Hatcher, LB Darryl Sharpton and K Jake Rogers.

Released C Will Montgomery.

HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Activated D Fedor Tyutin off injured reserve. Reassigned D Cody Goloubef to Springfield (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Recalled F Travis Morin and F Chris Mueller from Texas (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS — Recalled G Nathan Lawson from Binghamton (AHL).

American Hockey League SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Recalled D Josh McFadden from Cincinnati (ECHL).

WORCESTER SHARKS — Signed F Brock Higgs to an amateur tryout agreement. Recalled D Kyle Bigos from Ontario (ECHL).

ECHL READING ROYALS — Announced G Riley Gill was returned to the team by Hershey (AHL).

Released G Braely Torris from his amateur tryout agreement.

COLLEGE HOLY CROSS — Named Ricky Babcock assistant director of athletic facilities.

JACKSONVILLE — Announced it will not renew the contract of men’s basketball coach Cliff Warren.

MARSHALL — Announced the resignation of men’s basketball coach Tom Herrion.

SOUTH FLORIDA — Fired men’s basketball coach Stan Heath.

WEST ALABAMA — Named Adam Ross offensive line coach.

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Hockey WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt x-Edmonton 70 49 18 2 1 283 170 101 x-Regina 71 39 25 4 3 254 241 85 x-Calgary 71 47 17 3 4 281 204 101 x-Medicine Hat70 42 24 3 1 248 191 88 x-Kootenay 71 39 27 2 3 232 203 83 x-Swift Current71 37 25 3 6 245 228 83 Brandon 71 33 29 6 3 265 266 75 Red Deer 70 34 31 1 4 205 217 73 Prince Albert 71 34 32 3 2 237 254 73 Moose Jaw 71 21 41 3 6 201 280 51 Saskatoon 71 16 50 2 3 203 311 37 Lethbridge 70 12 53 2 3 166 346 29 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt x-Kelowna 70 55 11 0 4 299 174 114 x-Portland 69 51 13 2 3 321 201 107 x-Victoria 71 48 19 1 3 236 178 100 x-Seattle 69 40 23 2 4 230 236 86 x-Spokane 71 40 25 3 3 244 210 86 x-Everett 70 38 23 7 2 211 199 85 x-Vancouver 70 32 27 7 4 226 237 75 x-Tri-City 70 28 32 5 5 174 218 66 Prince George 71 26 37 3 5 230 302 60 Kamloops 71 14 52 2 3 172 297 33 z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; xclinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Friday’s results Calgary 5 Kootenay 4 (SO) Brandon 4 Regina 3 (OT) Swift Current 5 Moose Jaw 4 Prince Albert 7 Saskatoon 2 Kamloops 5 Prince George 1 Everett 5 Victoria 3 Spokane 4 Tri-City 3 (OT) Kelowna at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Portland at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Today’s games Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Kamloops at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Seattle at Portland, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday’s games Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 4 p.m.

Red Deer at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Everett at Portland, 6 p.m.

Seattle at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Boston 66 44 17 5 93 210 Toronto 68 36 24 8 80 201 Tampa Bay 66 35 24 7 77 191 Montreal 67 35 25 7 77 167 Detroit 66 30 23 13 73 174 Ottawa 65 28 25 12 68 185 Florida 67 25 35 7 57 166 Buffalo 66 19 39 8 46 131 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Pittsburgh 65 44 17 4 92 206 N.Y. Rangers 68 36 28 4 76 177 Columbus 66 34 26 6 74 193 Philadelphia 65 33 25 7 73 184 Washington 68 31 27 10 72 197 New Jersey 67 29 25 13 71 166 Carolina 66 29 28 9 67 167 N.Y. Islanders 68 25 34 9 59 191

GA 145 207 175 170 184 213 217 196

FRIDAY SUMMARIES Flames 4, Stars 3 (SO) First Period

GA 159 169 183 190 205 173 187 232

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF St. Louis 66 45 14 7 97 219 Colorado 67 43 19 5 91 206 Chicago 67 38 15 14 90 227 Minnesota 66 35 22 9 79 163 Dallas 66 32 23 11 75 191 Winnipeg 68 30 29 9 69 186 Nashville 67 29 28 10 68 163 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF Anaheim 67 44 16 7 95 216 San Jose 68 44 17 7 95 213 Los Angeles 67 38 23 6 82 164 Phoenix 67 31 25 11 73 185 Vancouver 69 30 29 10 70 163 Calgary 67 27 33 7 61 163 Edmonton 68 23 36 9 55 169

Goal — Edmonton: Fasth (LO, 3-2-2); Detroit: Howard (W, 14-15-10).

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 10:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Florida, 1 p.m.

Toronto at Washington, 1 p.m.

Edmonton at Carolina, 1 p.m.

San Jose at N.Y. Rangers, 2 p.m.

Colorado at Ottawa, 3 p.m.

Montreal at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Dallas at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 1. Dallas, Roussel 12 (Fiddler, Benn) :13.

2. Calgary, Cammalleri 18 (Colborne, Giordano) 6:20.

3. Dallas, Benn 27 (Daley, Seguin) 14:16.

4. Dallas, Cole 16 (Dillon, Morin) 16:29.

Penalties — Garbutt Dal (diving) 9:25, Giordano Cgy (interference) 9:25.

Third Period 5. Calgary, Byron 4 (Glencross, Russell) 12:51 (pp).

6. Calgary, Cammalleri 19 (Brodie, Colborne) 15:30.

Penalties — Connauton Dal (delay of game) 11:15.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Shootout — Calgary wins 2-1 Calgary : Colborne miss, Cammalleri miss, Monahan goal, Knight goal.

Dallas : Benn miss, Sceviour miss, Benn goal, Seguin miss.

Shots on goal by Calgary 10 10 9 1 — 30 Dallas 9 8 7 1 — 25

GA 150 180 178 162 185 199 197 GA 171 165 142 191 187 199 223

Goal — Calgary: MacDonald (W, 4-3-1); Dallas: Thomas (LO, 18-20-4).

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Friday’s Games Detroit 2, Edmonton 1, SO Calgary 4, Dallas 3, SO San Jose 4, N.Y. Islanders 3 Washington 4, Vancouver 3 Florida 5, New Jersey 3 Nashville 3, Chicago 2 N.Y. Rangers 4, Winnipeg 2 Anaheim 6, Colorado 4 Today’s Games Carolina at Boston, 11 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Ottawa at Montreal, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Anaheim at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Red Wings 2, Oilers 1 (SO) First Period 1. Detroit, Sheahan 5 (Tatar, Miller) 13:53.

Penalties — Yakupov Edm (slashing) 10:25, Ference Edm (roughing) 20:00, Abdelkader Det (roughing) 20:00.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Lashoff Det (interference) 9:33, Perron Edm (holding) 13:57.

Third Period 2. Edmonton, Smyth 10 (unassisted) 8:43.

Penalties — DeKeyser Det (interference) 9:33, Gordon Edm (delay of game) 17:06.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — Marincin Edm (delay of game) 1:21.

Shootout — Detroit wins 1-0 Edmonton : Eberle miss, Perron miss, Hall miss.

Detroit : Bertuzzi miss, Alfredsson miss, Tatar goal.

Shots on goal by Edmonton 8 7 6 1 — 22 Detroit 6 7 7 3 — 23

Capitals 4, Canucks 3 First Period 1. Washington, Ward 19 (Fehr, Chimera) 8:17.

2. Vancouver, Schroeder 3 (Kassian) 11:41.

Penalties — Beagle Wash (tripping) 9:06, Ovechkin Wash (slashing) 14:31, Beagle Wash (roughing) 18:11, Sestito Vcr (roughing) 18:11, Dalpe Vcr (interference) 18:11.

Second Period 3. Washington, Ovechkin 45 (Carlson, Kuznetsov) 8:28 (pp).

4. Washington, Wilson 3 (Kuznetsov, Beagle) 12:35.

Penalties — Sestito Vcr (hooking) 7:02.

Third Period 5. Vancouver, Matthias 10 (Higgins, Tanev) 4:28.

6. Vancouver, Jensen 1 (Higgins, Tanev) 7:34.

7. Washington, Green 9 (Backstrom, Kuznetsov) 10:19.

Penalties — Backstrom Wash (holding) 13:38, Burrows Vcr (roughing) 15:32, Chimera Wash (roughing) 15:32.

Shots on goal by Vancouver 13 11 17 — 41 Washington 12 6 3 — 21 Goal — Vancouver: Lack (L, 11-13-4); Washington: Halak (W, 26-11-4).

RANGERS 4, Jets 2 First Period 1. NY Rangers, Hagelin 14 (Pouliot, Klein) 1:15.

2. Winnipeg, Byfuglien 17 (Wheeler, Enstrom) 2:33.

3. Winnipeg, Ladd 19 (Little, Frolik) 3:26.

4. NY Rangers, Kreider 17 (Stepan, Girardi) 11:28.

Penalties — Stralman NYR (hooking) 7:44, Wpg Bench (too many men) 15:01.

Second Period 5. NY Rangers, Hagelin 15 (St. Louis, Klein) 19:52.

Penalties — Stuart Wpg (hooking) 9:23, Staal NYR (interference) 13:53, St. Louis NYR (hooking) 17:41.

Third Period 6. NY Rangers, Hagelin 16 (Richards) 8:50.

Penalties — Bogosian Wpg (interference) 0:11, McDonagh NYR (interference) 14:10, Kane Wpg (tripping) 16:12.

Shots on goal by NY Rangers 8 7 8 — 23 Winnipeg 11 11 10 — 32 Goal — NY Rangers: Lundqvist (W, 25-21-4); Winnipeg: Montoya (L, 10-5-3).

Curling NATIONAL GRAND SLAM OF CURLING FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Standings and results Friday after the eighth draw from the Syncrude National Grand Slam of Curling, from March 12-16: POOL A Michel Howard Koe Dacey Fanset Hess

W 4 4 3 2 0 0

L 0 1 2 2 4 4

W

L

POOL B

McEwen Martin Laycock Stoughton Bottcher Morozumi

5 3 2 2 1 0

0 1 2 2 3 5

W 3 3 3 2 1 0

L 1 1 1 2 2 5

POOL C Edin Eriksson Gushue Jacobs Kim Virtue

Glenn Howard 8 Kevin Koe 4 Kevin Martin 8 Brendan Bottcher 2 Oskar Eriksson 8 Brad Gushue 1 Ninth Draw Sven Michel vs. Mark Dacey Brad Jacobs vs. Oskar Eriksson Kevin Martin vs. Jeff Stoughton Niklas Edin vs. Soo-Hyuk Kim Travis Fanset vs. Pascal Hess

Friday’s results Sixth Draw Niklas Edin 6 Oskar Eriksson 5 (extra end) Kevin Koe 8 Pascal Hess 4 Brendan Bottcher 8 Yusuke Morozumi 4 Soo-Hyuk Kim 8 Brock Virtue 6 Glenn Howard 6 Mark Dacey 5 Seventh Draw Brad Jacobs 5 Soo-Hyuk Kim 2 Mark Dacey 7 Travis Fanset 6 Brad Gushue 10 Brock Virtue 5 Sven Michel 6 Pascal Hess 1 Mike McEwen 6 Steve Laycock 5 Eighth Draw Mike McEwen 6 Jeff Stoughton 4 Steve Laycock 6 Yusuke Morozumi 4 (extra end)

Today’s games Draw 10, 9 a.m.

Steve Laycock vs. Brendan Bottcher; Soo-Hyuk Kim vs. Brad Gushue.

End of round robin

Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 37 27 .578 Brooklyn 33 30 .524 New York 26 40 .394 Boston 22 44 .333 Philadelphia 15 50 .231 Southeast Division W L Pct x-Miami 44 19 .698 Washington 34 31 .523 Charlotte 32 34 .485 Atlanta 28 35 .444 Orlando 19 48 .284 Central Division W L Pct x-Indiana 48 17 .738 Chicago 36 29 .554

Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee GB — 3.5 12 16 22.5 GB — 11 13.5 16 27 GB — 12

26 25 13

40 40 52

.394 .385 .200

22.5 23 35

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct 49 16 .754 44 21 .677 39 27 .591 38 27 .585 26 39 .400 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 48 17 .738 Portland 43 23 .652 Minnesota 32 32 .500 Denver 29 36 .446 Utah 22 44 .333

GB — 5 10.5 11 23

San Antonio Houston Dallas Memphis New Orleans

GB — 5.5 15.5 19 26.5

Pacific Division W L Pct 47 20 .701 41 26 .612 37 28 .569 23 42 .354 22 44 .333

L.A. Clippers Golden State Phoenix Sacramento L.A. Lakers

GB — 6 9 23 24.5

x-clinched playoff spot Friday’s Games Washington 105, Orlando 101, OT Indiana 101, Philadelphia 94 Toronto 99, Memphis 86 Charlotte 105, Minnesota 93 Phoenix 87, Boston 80 Denver 111, Miami 107 Portland 111, New Orleans 103 San Antonio 119, L.A. Lakers 85 L.A. Clippers 96, Utah 87

Cleveland 103, Golden State 94 Today’s Games Milwaukee at New York, 10 a.m.

Brooklyn at Washington, 5 p.m.

Memphis at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.

Indiana at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Denver at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Charlotte at Milwaukee, 11 a.m.

Phoenix at Toronto, 11 a.m.

Houston at Miami, 1:30 p.m.

Boston at New Orleans, 4 p.m.

Sacramento at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Utah at San Antonio, 5 p.m.

Golden State at Portland, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

Baseball FRIDAY’S PRESEASON LINESCORES At Tampa, Fla. Minnesota (ss)101 014 New York (A)300 000

000 000

— —

7 11 3 3

0 1

Gibson, Thielbar (5), S.Gilmartin (6), Pressly (8), Thompson (9) and Pinto, D.Rohlfing; D.Phelps, Herndon (5), Banuelos (6), F.Lewis (6), Betances (7), J.Pazos (9) and McCann, Au.Romine. W— Thielbar. L—Banuelos. HRs—Minnesota, B.Dozier (1).

At Fort Myers, Fla. Baltimore 010 010 Minnesota (ss)010 000

000 001

— —

2 2

8 5

0 0

W.Chen, Tom.Hunter (5), McFarland (6), Patton (9) and Clevenger, Monell; Pelfrey, Duensing (4), Perkins (6), Burton (7), Guerrier (8), Oliveros (9) and K.Suzuki, Fryer. HRs—Baltimore, Urrutia (1). Minnesota, B.Waring (2).

At Dunedin, Fla. Boston 000 Toronto 000

010 000

020 010

— —

3 1

7 6

0 3

Buchholz, R.Hill (5), Layne (6), R.De La Rosa (7), B.Villarreal (9) and Lavarnway, D.Butler; Hutchison, T.Davis (5), S.Santos (6), Drabek (7) and D.Navarro, Kratz. W—Buchholz. L—Hutchison. Sv—B.Villarreal.

At Glendale, Ariz.

Cleveland 000 000 Chicago (A)000 020

110 000

— —

2 2

7 9

0 0

Tomlin, Shaw (6), Allen (7), Aardsma (8), Zagurski (9) and Y.Gomes, Carlin; Axelrod, Surkamp (4), Putnam (5), C.Winiarski (6), Petricka (7), D.Webb (8), R.Kussmaul (9) and Phegley, H.Gimenez. HRs— Chicago (A), Gillaspie (2), Phegley (1).

At Surprise, Ariz.

Oakland 141 100 Kansas City010 003

101 131

— —

9 12 9 14

2 0

Straily, Otero (5), Savery (7), R.Doolittle (8), M.Buschmann (8) and C.Gimenez, De.Norris; Duffy, M.Mariot (3), G.Holland (4), W.Davis (5), Collins (6), Crow (7), Coleman (8), Arguelles (9) and Hayes, F.Pena. HRs—Oakland, De.Norris (2), M.Taylor (3).

Kansas City, A.Gordon (1), F.Pena (1).

At Kissimmee, Fla. St. Louis 030 200 Houston 000 000

100 400

— —

6 4

9 9

3 0

Wacha, Maness (4), T.Cooney (6), S.Freeman (7), K.Butler (8), Siegrist (9) and Y.Molina, T.Tartamella; Cosart, R.Cruz (4), Valdes (4), Foltynewicz (5), De Leon (8), Fields (9) and J.Castro, T.Heineman. W— Wacha. L—Cosart. Sv—Siegrist.

At Kissimmee, Fla. Tampa Bay 001 000 Atlanta 000 011

000 04x

— —

1 6

5 9

0 0

Archer, Geltz (5), S.Garrido (7), S.Runion (8), J.Thompson (8) and E.Rodriguez, J.Molina; Hale, Kimbrel (5), Avilan (6), C.Perez (7), W.Obispo (8), L.Batista (9) and Laird, Bethancourt. W—Avilan. L— Geltz. HRs—Atlanta, Terdoslavich (1), E.Mejia (1).

At Lakeland, Fla. Washington100 221 Detroit 004 501

000 02x

— —

6 10 12 22

0 0

Jordan, Ayala (4), Z.Jackson (4), Storen (5), B.Treinen (6), Mic.Gonzalez (8) and Lobaton, Leon; Porcello, Coke (5), Alburquerque (6), B.Rondon (7), K.Lobstein (8) and Avila, Exposito. W—Porcello. L—Jordan. HRs—Washington, Hairston (1), T.Moore (1).

At Peoria, Ariz.

L.A. (A) 100 San Diego 010

000 210

001 00x

— —

2 8 4 10

0 0

Skaggs, Salas (5), Jepsen (6), Maronde (7), Rapada (8) and Conger, L.Martinez; Stults, Boyer (6), P.Schuster (7), Sipp (8), D.O’Grady (9) and Hundley, Rivera. W—Stults. L—Skaggs. Sv—D.O’Grady.

HRs—San Diego, Gyorko (1), Hundley (2).

At Bradenton, Fla. Phila.

100 111 Pittsburgh 101 000

001 04x

— —

5 8 6 12

0 2

Manship, De Fratus (5), Diekman (6), Rosenberg (7), M.Hollands (8) and C.Ruiz, Nieves; Cumpton, Melancon (5), J.Jackson (6), Oliver (8), Y.Yang (9), Kinney (9) and T.Sanchez, O.Santos. W—Oliver.

L—Rosenberg. Sv—Kinney. HRs—Philadelphia, Howard (1). Pittsburgh, McCutchen (3).

At Phoenix, Ariz.

Arizona 201 030 Milwaukee 200 002

020 301

0 — 1 —

Delgado, Collmenter (5), Putz (6), Ziegler (7), A.Reed (8), B.Schultz (9) and H.Blanco, Gosewisch; W.Peralta, Blazek (5), Duke (5), Henderson (6), Burgos (7), Figaro (9) and Lucroy, R.Diaz. W— Figaro. L—B.Schultz. HRs—Arizona, Gosewisch (1), R.Flores (1). Milwaukee, Lucroy (1).

At Scottsdale, Ariz.

Colorado (ss)000 000 San Fran. 010 200

000 10x

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0 2 4 10

0 1

Friedrich, S.Oberg (4), E.Butler (5), C.Martin (8) and McKenry, J.Williams; Bumgarner, B.Bochy (6), Affeldt (7), Hembree (8), Machi (9) and Posey, H.Sanchez. W—Bumgarner. L—Friedrich. HRs— San Francisco, Pence 2 (3).

At Mesa, Ariz.

L.A. (N) 000 Chicago (N)000

010 014

201 00x

— —

4 5

9 8

1 0

Beckett, P.Rodriguez (4), Guerra (5), J.Wright (6), Withrow (7), J.Dominguez (8) and A.Ellis, Butera; K.Hendricks, Villanueva (4), Veras (7), N.Ramirez (8), Al.Cabrera (9) and R.Lopez, Kottaras. W— Villanueva. L—J.Wright. Sv—Al.Cabrera. HRs—Los Angeles (N), Butera (1). Chicago (N), Valbuena (1).

At Jupiter, Fla. New York (N)000 000 Miami 010 000

000 00x

— —

0 1

6 3

0 0

Z.Wheeler, Rice (5), Valverde (6), Familia (8) and Recker; Koehler, H.Rodriguez (6), Roe (8), Hatcher (9) and Brantly. W—Koehler. L—Z.Wheeler. Sv— Hatcher. HRs—Miami, Saltalamacchia (2).

814 1 913 0

(10 innings)

Golf VALSPAR CHAMPIONSHIP At Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, Copperhead Course Palm Harbor, Fla. Purse: $5.7 million Yardage: 7,340; Par: 71 Second Round Robert Garrigus Kevin Na Pat Perez Justin Rose Matteo Manassero Matt Every Scott Langley Jim Furyk John Merrick Greg Chalmers Luke Guthrie Tommy Gainey Carl Pettersson Michael Thompson Freddie Jacobson David Hearn Charles Howell III Harris English Jordan Spieth Brian Harman Michael Putnam Ricky Barnes Nicolas Colsaerts Bill Haas Charley Hoffman Ken Duke Kevin Streelman

69-66 70-68 68-71 71-68 69-70 68-71 71-69 71-69 70-70 68-72 70-70 69-72 71-70 72-69 70-71 71-70 71-70 72-69 71-70 71-70 69-72 70-72 69-73 69-73 70-72 71-71 73-69

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135 138 139 139 139 139 140 140 140 140 140 141 141 141 141 141 141 141 141 141 141 142 142 142 142 142 142

Justin Leonard Rory Sabbatini Woody Austin Ben Crane Stephen Ames Jason Kokrak Eric Axley James Hahn James Driscoll Will MacKenzie Jonathan Byrd Morgan Hoffmann John Senden Graham DeLaet Josh Teater Gary Woodland Luke Donald Russell Knox John Mallinger Paul Goydos K.J. Choi Matt Kuchar Ted Potter, Jr. Ben Curtis Stuart Appleby Mark Calcavecchia D.H. Lee Jerry Kelly Chad Collins Marc Leishman Davis Love III Robert Allenby George McNeill Brian Gay Sean O’Hair

71-71 70-72 71-71 70-72 72-70 74-68 72-70 69-74 73-70 73-70 70-73 74-69 72-71 75-68 73-70 72-71 71-72 70-73 71-73 75-69 72-72 73-71 73-71 70-74 71-73 73-71 74-70 76-68 73-71 75-69 74-70 73-71 73-71 75-69 73-71

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142 142 142 142 142 142 142 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144

Justin Hicks David Lingmerth Padraig Harrington Jason Bohn Brendon Todd Jason Dufner Brandt Snedeker Sang-Moon Bae Darren Clarke Ryo Ishikawa Tim Herron Nicholas Thompson Peter Hanson J.B. Holmes Cameron Tringale Chesson Hadley Boo Weekley Tim Clark Y.E. Yang Retief Goosen Daniel Summerhays Erik Compton

72-72 73-72 75-70 71-74 70-75 72-73 72-73 72-73 71-74 73-72 73-72 76-69 75-70 71-74 74-71 75-70 74-71 73-72 73-72 72-73 77-68 72-73

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144 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145

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125 130 131 131 132

BRASIL CHAMPIONS At Sao Paulo Golf Club Sao Paulo, Brasil Purse: $800,000 Yardage: 6,574; Par 71 Partial Second Round Jon Curran Andres Echavarria Oscar Fraustro Alex Cejka Ronaldo Francisco

61-64 67-63 67-64 65-66 66-66

Manuel Villegas Michael Connell Shane Bertsch Cliff Kresge Mathew Goggin Philip Pettitt, Jr. Bhavik Patel Scott Parel Doug LaBelle II Albin Choi Derek Fathauer

67-66 64-70 66-68 65-69 67-67 66-68 67-68 66-69 68-67 69-66 69-66

GA 0 0 1 0 3 3 1

Pt 3 3 1 0 0 0 0

New York 1 D.C. 1 New England 1

Vancouver Dallas Chivas Salt Lake

0 0 0

1 1 1

0 0 0

1 0 0

4 3 4

0 0 0

Western Conference GP W L T GF 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1

GA 1 2 2 0

Pt 3 3 3 3

Seattle Portland San Jose Colorado Los Angeles

1 1 0 0 1

1 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 1

0 1 0 0 0

Today’s games Colorado at New York, 2 p.m.

New England at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

Toronto at Seattle, 2:30 p.m.

1 1 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 1

3 1 0 0 0

133 134 134 134 134 134 135 135 135 135 135

TOSHIBA CLASSIC At Newport Beach Country Club Newport Beach, Calif.

Purse: $1.75 million Yardage: 6,584; Par 71 (35-36) First Round Bernhard Langer Chien Soon Lu Jeff Hart Fred Couples Duffy Waldorf Scott Simpson Michael Allen Kirk Triplett Kenny Perry Bill Glasson Mark Brooks Colin Montgomerie Fred Funk Esteban Toledo Kohki Idoki Tom Byrum

31-32 33-32 32-33 31-34 33-33 34-32 33-33 32-34 31-35 35-32 33-34 33-34 35-32 35-32 34-33 32-36

Soccer MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T GF Houston 1 1 0 0 4 Columbus 1 1 0 0 3 Philadelphia 1 0 0 1 1 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 Chicago 1 0 1 0 2 Montreal 1 0 1 0 2 Kansas City 1 0 1 0 0

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Dallas at Kansas City, 6:30 p.m.

Montreal at Houston, 6:30 p.m.

Salt Lake at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games Chicago at Portland, 1 p.m.

Vancouver at Chivas, 5 p.m.

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63 65 65 65 66 66 66 66 66 67 67 67 67 67 67 68

B6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, March 15, 2014

Flames rally past falling Stars

GOLF

Garrigus leads at Innisbrook

BY SCHUYLER DIXON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY DOUG FERGUSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dallas Stars goalie Tim Thomas and defenseman Trevor Daley can’t stop Calgary Flame Mike Cammalleri from scoring during their NHL game Friday in Dallas. Calgary won 4-3 in a shootout. shot past goalie Tim Thomas from in front late in a power play.

Cammalleri then got behind Thomas and stuffed in a loose puck for his second tying goal of the game with 4:30 remaining.

Jamie Benn put Dallas ahead 2-1 with his career-high 27th goal of the season. A little more than 2 minutes later, Erik Cole redirected a shot from Brenden Dillon past MacDonald for a 3-1 lead.

Red Wings drop Oilers in shootout

BY LARRY LAGE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Red Wings 2, Oilers 1 (SO) DETROIT — Tomas Tatar scored on Detroit’s third shootout attempt, and Jimmy Howard stopped all three Edmonton attempts to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 2-1 win over the Oilers on Friday night.

Edmonton’s Ryan Smyth tied the game midway through the third period. Smyth scored on a shot from the slot that was set up by Detroit defenceman Brendan Smith’s backhanded giveaway.

Riley Sheahan put the Red Wings ahead 1-0 late in the first period. They lost the lead and failed to take advantage of power plays late in regulation and midway through overtime. The Oilers went into the third period with a shot to win at Joe Louis Arena for the

first time since 2009.

Detroit’s young lineup had just 13 shots through two periods. The Red Wings didn’t generate many scoring chances in the third until the game was tied against Viktor Fasth, who made 22 saves. Edmonton acquired Fasth from Anaheim earlier this month for draft picks. He won his Oilers debut against Minnesota on Tuesday in a shootout.

Detroit was up 1-0 after two periods and probably didn’t feel comfortable after losing onethird of their previous 27 games when entering the third with the lead.

The Red Wings allowed the Oilers to pull into a tie because Smith failed to clear the puck out of their end or at least pass it to a teammate. Smyth took advantage, but he and his teammates couldn’t convert on a power play that started less than a minute later.

Brooks Bandits take series opener over Olds Grizzlys in AJHL South semifinal BROOKS — The Brooks Bandits jumped into an early lead over the Olds Grizzlys in their best-ofseven Alberta Junior Hockey League South Division semifinal series with a 7-2 victory in the series opener Friday.

Brandon Bruce had two goals for the defending national champion Bandits with singles added by Shane Bear, Austin Plevy, Patrick Chore, Anthony Petruzzelli and Alex Roberts. Chris Gerrie and Marc Eremenko replied for the Grizzlys, who trailed 3-1 and 4-2 by periods.

Michael Fredrick made 22 saves in goal for Brooks while Ethan Jemieff finished with 24 saves for Olds.

The second game goes tonight in Brooks with

REBELS: Club needs to be better on D “For sure, we kind of got away with one the other night,” said Bleackley. “Patty has won us games like that throughout the whole year and throughout the whole time I’ve been here. He was phenomenal, but for whatever reason I played real bad and that was kind of a reflection of how we played as a team. It was disappointing, but at same time we had to look past that. Now we’re focusing on tomorrow’s game and then we’ll get ready for Sunday.”

Just the degree of intensity that will be required of the Rebels tonight and Sunday should help them shore up their defensive game.

“Every game from now on is the biggest game of the year,” said Bleackley.

“For whatever reason we just didn’t have it the other night. I don’t know why that was, but we shouldn’t need extra motivation now.

“The biggest thing for us is to be

NBA

Red-hot Raptors take down Grizzlies THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Detroit Red Wing Johan Franzen is stopped by Edmonton Oiler Viktor Fasth during their NHL game Friday in Detroit. Detroit won 2-1 in a shootout.

SPORTS

BRIEFS

the third and fourth games Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Olds.

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Sit-skier Josh Dueck finally has the Paralympic gold medal he’s been craving after winning the men’s super combined Friday with a memorable comefrom-behind victory.

The 33-year-old from Kimberley, B.C., entered the day’s super-G run in fifth place after Tuesday’s slalom portion of the race, but laid down the fastest time to win by 0.89 seconds.

“I’m stunned, speechless, to the moon,” said Dueck, who finished with a combined time of two minutes 18.20 seconds for the first gold medal of his Paralympic career. “This is definitely the one achievement that was missing on my bookshelf.”

TORONTO — Days after folding down the stretch in a loss to division-rival Brooklyn, the Toronto Raptors made a statement on Friday night.

Toronto stood tall in final quarter this time around, scoring 12 straight points late to break open a tie game on the way to a 99-86 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies before a crowd of 18,465 at Air Canada Centre.

“That’s a tough team to beat. We beat a playoff team,” said Toronto guard Greivis Vasquez, who scored 17 points off the bench, including five straight in 20 seconds to break an 80-80 tie and put the Raptors ahead for good with just under six minutes to play. That was a good win for us at home.”

Vasquez, who also had six assists, fired a crosscourt pass to DeMar DeRozan who nailed a threepoint jumper to widen the Raptors’ lead to 90-80 with 3:13 to go. The Raptors (37-27) outscored Memphis 196 down the stretch to win their second straight and eighth in 10. It was the first loss in five starts for the Grizzlies (38-27).

Brett Robertson and Scott Kalinchuk scored two goals each for the Generals, who led 1-0 and 3-0 by periods.

Keenan Desmet and Curtis Austring added single markers.

Tyler Keller and Shawn Bates scored for the Eagles.

The third game is set for tonight at 8 p.m. at the Red Deer Arena.

Bentley Generals take two-game lead in provincial AAA hockey final

Triple A Batteries top Triple Threat

INNISFAIL — The Bentley Generals grabbed a 2-0 lead over the Innisfail Eagles in their best-ofseven Alberta senior AAA hockey final with a 6-2 victory Friday.

Triple A Batteries downed Triple Threat 75-60 in Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association play.

Andre Touchette had 24 points and Dave Misener 13 for the winners.

STORIES FROM B4 tighter defensively, better in our own zone by getting pucks out. The best defence is a good offence and playing in their end is what we’re going to try to do.”

The Rebels at least have the knowledge that they can beat the Oil Kings.

The clubs have split the six-game season series to this point, with Red Deer winning by 3-2 scores Dec. 29 and Feb. 14 at Edmonton and losing 4-0 and 4-1 at home Oct. 18 and Feb. 19.

“We’ve probably given them as much trouble as any team,” said Bleackley.

“I think they have a few guys out, but at the same time they’re pushing for first place in the conference so these are not going to be your typical end-ofthe-year type games, and that’s good.

“This weekend is going to be a big test for us. Hopefully we get two wins and just keep rolling into the playoffs.”

The Rebels individual team awards will be presented prior to tonight’s game. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Dueck wins Canada’s third Paralympic gold THE CANADIAN PRESS

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Robert Garrigus can’t recall a better performance going into the weekend.

And his golf has been pretty good, too.

Garrigus spent most of the practice days fishing in the lakes of Innisbrook, catching nearly three dozen bass. As for his day job, he bagged 10 birdies over two days and delivered the best score of the tournament, a 5-under 66 on Friday, to build a three-shot lead in the Valspar Championship.

His only other PGA Tour victory was a little more than an hour away at Disney, and Garrigus offered a simple explanation.

“It’s the fishing,” he said.

Garrigus didn’t play a single practice round the year he won Disney. He arrived at Innisbrook on Monday and fished that evening, most of Tuesday and then for about five hours Wednesday without ever looking at the Copperhead course.

“I think that puts me in a good frame of mind because I’m clear and not thinking about anything, just going out and having some fun,” he said.

His golf has been plenty fun.

Garrigus, one of the longest hitters in golf, has made birdie on all of the par 5s both rounds. That has contributed mightily to being at 7-under 135, three shots clear of Kevin Na going into a weekend with a Masters spot potentially up for grabs.

Only five of the top 22 on the leaderboard already are eligible for the Masters.

“I don’t like to focus on the outcome of what’s going on, but I wanted this and it feels freaking great,” he added.

Dueck’s performance gave Canada its third gold medal at the Games following back-to-back victories by visually impaired cross-country skier Brian McKeever.

Dueck also won a silver on the first day of competition at Rosa Khutor to go with a second-place finish in the slalom at the Vancouver Paralympics four years ago.

Another warm day in the mountains favoured Dueck as he bolted to the top of the leaderboard.

“I knew had a shot but there’s some really good skiers that were in front of me and they had a little bit of time in the bank,” he said. “This hill favours a guy like me.”

Scouting report Rebels vs. Oil Kings Tonight, 7 p.m., Centrium The Oil Kings own a 49-18-2-1 record and can clinch top spot in the Eastern Conference with one win in their two remaining games, including a regular-season ending date with the Rebels Sunday in Edmonton . . . The Oil Kings are 2-2 versus Red

Deer this season, losing by 3-2 counts at home Dec. 29 and Feb. 14 and winning 4-0 and 4-1 Oct. 18 and Feb. 19 at the Centrium . . . C Henrik Samuelsson leads the Edmonton points parade with 91, including 33 goals. C Curtis Lazar (39-32-71), LW Mitch Moroz (34-28-62), LW Edgars Kulda (2930-59) D Cody Corbett (16-41-57) and C Reid Petryk (17-39-56) have each produced 50 points or more . . . Tristan Jarry is first among WHL goaltenders with a 2.21 goals-against average. He has also posted a league-best eight shutouts — one more than Red Deer’s Patrik Bartosak — and a .915 save percentage.

Injuries: Edmonton — LW Brandon Baddock (upper body, 4-6 weeks), LW Mitch Moroz (lower body, to be determined), D Blake Orban (lower body, to be determined). Red Deer — C Lukas Sutter (upper body, indefinite).

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DALLAS — Mike Cammalleri scored two goals, Corban Knight netted the winner in a shootout, and the Calgary Flames erased a two-goal deficit in the third period to beat Dallas 4-3 on Friday night.

It was the Stars’ first home game since forward Rich Peverley collapsed on their bench on Monday.

Peverley got a standing ovation when he was shown on the video board in the first period, four nights after he was revived by medical personnel during a game against Columbus that was postponed.

The 31-year-old Peverley, who was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat in training camp, is out for the season. He will soon undergo a procedure designed to correct the condition.

The Stars looked as though they were on their way to a second straight win since Peverley’s collapse, but the Flames scored a pair of goals three minutes apart to get even late in the third.

With the Flames trailing 3-1 with seven minutes left in regulation, Calgary’s Paul Byron lifted a

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DEMOCRATS GRAPPLE WITH ELECTION-YEAR DILEMMA OVER PIPELINE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Democrats are grappling with an election-year dilemma posed by the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Wealthy party donors are funding candidates who oppose the project — a high-profile symbol of the political debate over climate change. But some of the party’s most vulnerable incumbents are pipeline boosters, and

whether Democrats retain control of the Senate after the 2014 midterm elections may hinge on them.

The dilemma was highlighted Thursday as President Barack Obama’s former national security adviser — and now a consultant to the oil industry — said Obama should approve the pipeline to send Russian President Vladimir Putin a message that “international bullies” can’t use energy security as a weapon.

The comments by retired Gen.

James Jones came as a top Democratic donor again urged that the pipeline be rejected.

Tom Steyer, a billionaire environmentalist, has vowed to spend $100 million —$50 million of his own money and $50 million from other donors — to make climate change a top-tier issue in the 2014 elections.

Steyer, who opposes Keystone, declined to say whether he would contribute to Democrats who support the pipeline, including Sens. Mary Lan-

drieu of Louisiana, Mark Begich of Alaska, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and John Walsh of Montana.

All face strong challenges from Republicans in energy-producing states where Obama lost to Mitt Romney in 2012.

Still, a spokesman said Steyer believes Democratic control of the Senate is important from a climate perspective.

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Bison industry bullish about future

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR They’re hardier, healthier and easier to raise than cattle — and their market potential is huge.

These were among the claims made by bison ranchers to prospective producers during a presentation in Ponoka on Friday. The session was part of the Bison Producers of Alberta’s annual Wildrose Bison Convention Show and Sale.

Thomas Ackermann, chair of the Bison Producers of Alberta, reminded the approximately 85 people in attendance about the recent severe winter weather. Members of his association, unlike their counterparts in the beef industry, were able to shrug it off, he said.

“Bison can handle that easily.”

Dick Staudinger, who has a 100-cow bison herd near Alix, but previously raised purebred Simmental cattle, offered a list of reasons why he prefers bison.

For one thing, he said, bison can graze year-round and require less feed than cattle.

“They have a little bit slower metabolism and slower digestive process,” said Staudinger. “So if you give them some feed that’s six per cent protein the bison will survive on it and the cows will die on it.”

Bison are more tolerant to cold weather, with no bedding required, and bulls won’t lose their breeding ability due to extreme cold, he continued. Calving season is the quietest time of the year for bison producers, and medical help is rarely required.

“The vet fees are almost non-existent.”

In fact, said Staudinger, most operators need only work their herds once a

year — at weaning time. Other procedures like vaccinations can be done at the same time.

Fencing needs are not much different than for other livestock, he said, with three or four strands of barbed wire usually sufficient if there’s enough feed on hand.

That said, it’s important to have well-designed handling facilities, confirmed Staudinger. These includes steel enclosures seven-plus feet in height, and corrals six-plus feet.

Paul Kolesar of Kickin’ Ash Buffalo near Calahoo spoke optimistically about the future of the bison industry.

After surviving processing plant closures, BSE and widespread droughts that pushed feed costs up, the sector is now served by 11 major meat marketers There’s a shortage of live animals and finished product, prices are rising, feed costs are down and consumer demand is growing, he said.

“I cannot, for any reason, think why I wouldn’t want to be in the bison industry today if I was in agriculture,” said Kolesar, who has a cow-calf operation, and finishes and custom-feeds bison.

Frank McAllister, who has 400 cows and finishes about 2,500 animals a year near Kitscoty, has been in the bison business since 1986.

“We lost sizable money in 2001; we lost sizable money in 2002,” he said, referring to the bleak period that Kolesar had described. “The rest of the years we were always in the black.”

He suggested that the size of the bison herd and its concentration in North America provide further appeal for the industry.

“We’ve only got 500,000 bison in the whole world, and we don’t have to compete with Uruguay, we don’t have to compete with Europe.”

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Bison belonging to Ivan Smith, owner of Innisfail’s Big Bend Bison Ranches and Big Bend Market in Red Deer. Smith is vice-chair of the Bison Producers of Alberta.

Canadian lawsuit to seek $500M from exchange as bitcoins go missing

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A proposed class action will seek $500 million in compensation for Canadians with deposits in what was once the largest bitcoin digital-currency exchange in the world, according to a court notice filed Friday.

The lawsuit targets Mt. Gox and its two owners, Mark Karpeles and Jed McCaleb, as well as one of the largest banks in Japan, according to the notice of action to Ontario Superior Court.

Among other things, the action alleges negligence, breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation — none of which has been proven in any court.

Toronto litigation lawyer Ted Charney said Mt. Gox held an estimated US$465 million in trust for its clients and millions of dollars belonged to Canadian users.

The company has offered no accounting for how much non-bitcoin currency it held or what happened to money that was supposed to have been kept in trust, he said.

“We’re never going to find out what’s going on unless we start a lawsuit be-

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Quiznos files for Chapter 11 protection DENVER — Denver-based Quiznos has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to reduce its debt by more than $400 million after the chain lost ground to competitors.

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cause it’s the only way we’re going to get access to the records,” Charney said in an interview.

“It’s really the only way to get the thing going.”

The Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange halted all withdrawals early last month, then abruptly shut down. Earlier this week, it filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States.

The online exchange had already filed for bankruptcy in Japan, saying it may have lost bitcoins belonging to 750,000 of its customers.

Karpeles has said computer hackers took advantage of the exchange’s flawed software, a security breach critics said may have persisted for years.

“After this news broke, the price of bitcoins plummeted, creating a disruptive ripple effect that has nearly shut down the industry,” said Friday’s notice of action.

The notice, which provides a summary of the case, gives lawyers a month to file a substantive statement of claim.

Proposed as class representatives are David Joyce, of Toronto, Sancho McCann, of Vancouver, Alexandre Pepin, of Montreal, and Paul Collin, of Calgary. Each claims to be owed var-

ious amounts, either in bitcoins or, in Joyce’s case, as much as $24,500 in cash.

The Canadian action also names Mizuho Bank on the grounds that the Japanese financial institution held an account with non-bitcoin currency that was transferred from the personal bank accounts of users to the Mt. Gox exchange.

Charney said his firm is working together with the U.S. lawyers who are pressing a class action south of the border.

According to the Canadian suit, Mt. Gox had contracted to hold all money and digital currency deposits in user accounts.

The national class action seeks to represent Canadians who paid Mt. Gox a fee to trade bitcoins or who had the digital or other currency stored on the exchange when it went offline.

In Dallas on Monday, Mt. Gox lawyers said it needed bankruptcy protection to avoid irreparable damage from a proposed class action filed in Chicago federal court and a suit alleging breach of contract in Seattle.

U.S. lawyers complain the case involves “massive fraud.”

The toasted sandwich company said Friday that it voluntarily filed to reorganize to implement a pre-packaged restructuring plan.

Quiznos says the move won’t affect its customers.

The company only owns and operates seven of the nearly 2,100 Quiznos restaurants. The rest are owned and operated by franchisees and aren’t part of the bankruptcy proceedings.

Quiznos also says its distribution centres are open and fulfilling orders.

Quiznos, founded in 1981, says the restructuring plan has been approved by its creditors so it expects to emerge from reorganization quickly.

Darren Tristano, executive vicepresident at Technomic, Inc., a food industry consulting firm, said Quiznos operates in a crowded field where other “fast casual” choices for consumers include Jimmy Johns, Firehouse and Jersey Mike’s. All were hurt by the recession, but Quiznos had added pressure from franchisees, several of whom have filed lawsuits accusing the company of putting corporate profits ahead of the concerns of franchise owners.

In a statement about its Chapter 11 filing, Quiznos CEO Stuart Mathis said the company was taking steps to support franchisees that included reducing food costs.

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VANCOUVER — Vancouver’s port remained crippled by a truckers strike Friday, as union officials refused to say if they were prepared to agree to a government-backed proposal aimed at ending the dispute.

A day after the federal and British Columbia government’s released a proposal designed to allay the drivers’ concerns, it was unclear whether the strike was any closer to a resolution.

Roughly 400 unionized truckers went on strike earlier in the week, joining more than a thousand nonunionized truck drivers who walked off the job last month.

Gavin McGarrigle of Unifor, which represents the unionized truckers, suggested the governments’ proposal, as delivered, may not be enough.

“There are a lot of questions that need to be answered in this document, and there are also some glaring holes,” McGarrigle said in an interview.

“I think we’ll have some serious pointed questions.”

McGarrigle declined to discuss his specific concerns, but he said the union had requested a meeting with federal officials for Friday afternoon.

The United Truckers’ Association of B.C., which represents the non-unionized workers, did not return repeated calls seeking comment.

The governments and the port released details of the 14-point proposal Thursday evening.

Under the proposal, regulated wages would increase within a month, followed by a full review of wages and fuel-surcharge rates by next year. The port has also committed to ending a lawsuit it filed against the truckers and renew suspended licences, so long as those suspensions didn’t involve suspected criminal activity.

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COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST Friday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 103.85 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 51.94 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.85 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.32 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.92 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.83 Cdn. National Railway . . 61.98 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 169.99 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 39.76 Capital Power Corp . . . . 24.78 Cervus Equipment Corp 24.03 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 48.65 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 49.14 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 29.81 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.28 General Motors Co. . . . . 34.09 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 21.57 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.61 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 46.35 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 66.86 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 38.65 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 12.68 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 49.48

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.22 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.22 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 61.69 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.28 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 24.44 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 23.19 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 26.47 First Quantum Minerals . 18.77 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 31.84 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.15 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.75 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 37.71 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.32 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 22.86

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 99.65 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.65 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.55 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.65 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 16.37

Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 29.04 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 33.48 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 61.80 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.68 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 53.28 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 39.76 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 21.40 Canyon Services Group. 12.01 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 29.20 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.850 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 22.46 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.59 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 93.47

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed lower Friday with traders going into the weekend cautious about China’s economic performance and the crisis over Ukraine.

The S&P/TSX composite index slipped 17.48 points to 14,227.66, led by losses in the financials sector.

The Canadian dollar was down 0.34 of a cent to 90.13 cents US. New York indexes were also lower as the latest reading

on consumer sentiment also weighed on stock prices. The University of Michigan’s widely watched index declined to 79.9 from 81.6 in February and was lower than the 82.5 reading that had been forecast.

The Dow Jones industrials gave back 43.22 points to 16,065.67, the Nasdaq lost 15.02 points to 4,245.4 and the S&P 500 index slipped 5.21 points to 1,841.13.

Investors looked ahead to a referendum being held in the Crimea region of Ukraine

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 55.19 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.80 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 32.73 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 51.07 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 6.78 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 9.15 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.180 Precision Drilling Corp . . 11.61 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.24 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 10.86 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.33 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 11.10 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 63.42 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 71.98 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 64.35 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.69 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 35.43 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.11 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 30.25 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 52.84 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 66.63 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.75 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 43.60 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 71.17 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 37.91 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.23

on Sunday where residents will vote on whether they want to join Russia. The vote is being held two weeks after Russian troops initially moved into Crimea, where Russia has a key naval base and many of the people are Russian speaking.

If Crimea votes to secede, the U.S. and European Union plan to slap sanctions on Russian officials and businesses accused of escalating the crisis and undermining Ukraine’s new government.

“It’s not the results of the

referendum that are the issue here — it’s the reaction from both Russia and the G7 nations afterwards,” said Jean-Francois Dion, a portfolio adviser at RBC Wealth Management.

“What really matters is whether or not we do get sanctions and the secondary issue would be the smaller risk of some kind of debt restructuring for Ukraine or the urgent need of capital in the banking system if these tensions last too long.”

Adding to nervousness was a warning from Russia that it reserves the right to intervene in defence of ethnic Russians it says are under threat in eastern Ukraine.

Meanwhile, China’s growth prospects have also depressed markets this week in the wake of soft export, retail and industrial production numbers.

The TSX base metals segment has plunged about 11 per cent this week while copper, viewed as an economic proxy, has dropped almost 10 per cent over the last five sessions. Copper is also used for financing in China and last week’s first-ever corporate default raised worries that other failed companies could dump large quantities of the metal on markets, further depressing prices.

The base metals component was slightly lower Friday as May copper rose three cents to US$2.95 an ounce.

The TSX financial sector was the major decliner, down 0.63 per cent.

Royal Bank (TSX:RY) is among 16 major banks being sued by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The lawsuit, filed in the federal district court in New York, was the latest to accuse financial institutions of

conspiring to manipulate the influential Libor interest rate. Royal Bank shares declined 64 cents to $71.17.

The energy sector was up 0.17 per cent with April crude in New York up 69 cents to US$98.89 a barrel.

Traders opted for safety, sending gold higher for a fifth session with the April contract up $6.60 to US$1,379 an ounce for a gain of three per cent this week. The gold sector led advancers, up about one per cent on Friday.

The TSX shed 0.7 per cent for the week as a whole, with base metal losses balanced somewhat by a gain of about five per cent in the gold sector. The Dow industrials fell heavily, losing 2.35 per cent on the week.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — Highlights at the close of Friday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,227.66, down 17.48 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,033.64, up 1.53 points TSX 60 — 815.04, down 1.26 points Dow — 16,065.67, down 43.22 points S&P 500 — 1,841.13, down 5.21 points Nasdaq — 4,245.40, down 15.02 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 90.13 cents US, down 0.34 of a cent Pound — C$1.8458, up 0.92 of a cent Euro — C$1.5429, up 1.08 cents Euro — US$1.3906, up 0.45 of a cent

Oil futures: US$98.89 per barrel, up 69 cents (April contract) Gold futures: US$1,379.00 per oz., up $6.60 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $24.647 oz., up 20.5 cents $792.40 kg, up $6.59 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’14 $7.30 higher $450.60; May ’14 $5.00 higher $461.10; July ’14 $5.10 higher $470.10; Nov. ’14 $4.90 higher $486.70; Jan ’15 $4.90 higher $493.60; March ’15 $4.90 higher $500.30; May ’15 $5.20 higher $505.50; July ’15 $5.20 higher $510.60; Nov ’15 $5.20 higher $506.80; Jan. ’16 $5.20 higher $506.80; March ’16 $5.20 higher $506.80.

Barley (Western): March ’14 unchanged $126.50; May ’14 unchanged $128.50; July ’14 unchanged $128.50; Oct. ’14 unchanged $128.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $128.50; March ’15 unchanged $128.50; May ’15 unchanged $128.50; July ’15 unchanged $128.50; Oct. ’15 unchanged $128.50; Dec. ’15 unchanged $128.50; March ’16 unchanged $128.50.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 412,100 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 412,100.

Home finances better as debt-to-income edges lower

BY JULIAN BELTRAME THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The financial health of Canadian households improved ever so slightly in the final three months of 2013, a development that will give some comfort to the Bank of Canada in maintaining its low-interest-rate policy.

Statistics Canada said Friday that household worth in the country rose by three per cent to $217,700 on a per capita basis in the fourth quarter, largely as a result of a sharp 5.9 per cent gain in the value of shares and other equities held by Canadians.

Overall, national net worth rose 2.7 per cent to $7.7 trillion in the fourth quarter, reaching $218,500 on a per capita basis, a 2.5 per cent gain from the third quarter.

And national net foreign debt fell by $98.1 billion, edging Canada into a net asset position of $26.7 billion, the agency said.

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PIPELINE: Most in U.S. support it Jones told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Canadato-Texas pipeline is a litmus test of whether the U.S. is serious about national and global energy security.

Approval of the pipeline would help ensure that North America becomes a global energy hub and a reliable energy source to the U.S and its allies, Jones said. Rejecting the pipeline would “make Mr. Putin’s day and strengthen his hand,” he said.

Jones, who left the Obama administration in 2010, now heads a consulting firm that has done work for the American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry’s chief trade group, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Both groups support the pipeline.

Landrieu, who chairs the Senate Energy Committee, pressed Secretary of State John Kerry on the pipeline issue Thursday at an appropriations hearing. Landrieu called approval of the pipeline “critical” to the national interest and said that in Louisiana, “it’s hard for us to even understand why there is a question” whether it should be approved. The State Department has jurisdiction over the pipeline because it crosses a U.S. border.

The most encouraging news was that households accumulated debt in the fourth quarter of last year at the slowest annualized pace since 2001, pushing the much-watched debt to disposable income ratio down two-tenths of a point to 164 per cent.

The decrease means Canadians owe nearly $1.64 for every $1 in disposable income they earn in a year.

While still at near-record levels, the measure has essentially stalled, as the Bank of Canada has predicted, and is likely to fall back further if housing cools and incomes keep rising as many expect.

Most other measures of financial health also improved, with net worth hitting an all-time high on the strength of rising home values and robust strong equity markets. As well, owner equity in real estate rose as did assets to debt.

“Canadians are easing back on their reliance on debt,” said Laura Cooper, an economist with RBC. “It’s particularly good news for polKerry told Landrieu he was “not at liberty to go into my thinking at this point,” but added: “I am approaching this, you know, tabula rasa. I’m going to look at all the arguments, both sides, all sides, whatever, evaluate them and make the best judgment I can about what is in the national interest.”

Polls show Americans support the pipeline, with 65 per cent saying they approved of it in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Twenty-two per cent of those polled opposed the pipeline.

BISON: Important to attract new producers Ackermann, who is CEO of Lacombe-based Canadian Rangeland Bison and Elk Inc., said he was pleased with the turnout for Friday’s presentation. It’s important that the industry attract new producers to keep pace with the growing appetite for bison in Canada, the United States and Europe, he said.

“The demand is there, the people love it, they’re hooked on the product.

Now we have to keep up with production.”

One challenge has been persuading bison ranchers to retain heifers for breeding rather than take advantage of high slaughter prices. The long pay-

‘CANADIANS ARE EASING BACK ON THEIR RELIANCE ON DEBT.’ — LAURA COOPER ECONOMIST, RBC

icy makers because the risks posed by household indebtedness seems to be easing. It does still pose a risk, but the easing allows the Bank of Canada to again focus on spurring inflation and closing the output gap.”

Cooper said she expects the moderating trend to continue as the housing market cools and fewer Canadians take out mortgages.

BMO chief economist Doug Porter cautions it may be too early to declare victory, however, noting that the household debt to income remains higher than a year ago, and that the winter months usually show a dip in the ratio.

“Still, today’s results should be mildly encouraging for policy makers, back period makes this difficult.

“They mature at a later age, so when they have their first calf they’re older than the beef cow,” pointed out Ackermann.

“So we’re looking at a cycle of at least five years before an animal that’s born this year will have an impact on the market.”

He’s noticing that younger people are coming into the industry, including those who have worked off-farm. That bodes well for the future.

The pending Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union has huge potential for bison, since it would eliminate the current 20 per cent tariff on exports to Europe.

“That really restricted us from having free access to the European market,” said Ackermann.

The Wildrose Bison Convention, Show and Sale continued today, with the Bison Producers of Alberta’s annual general meeting and a livestock sale at Vold, Jones & Vold Auction Market in Ponoka.

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and suggest that the Bank of Canada’s view that imbalances are evolving constructively is reasonable,” he added.

The Bank of Canada has long warned about Canadians accumulating too much debt in this unusual era of low borrowing costs, but has been restrained from pushing back with higher rates for fear of damaging the economy. However, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has moved to restrain borrowing, especially in the housing sector, with measures that made mortgages more costly for high-leverage borrowers.

At the end of the fourth quarter, Canadians held $1.1 trillion in mortgage debt, up 1.1 per cent from the third, and $508 billion in credit debt, up 0.5 per cent from the previous period.

However, the household debt service ratio — interest paid as a percentage of disposable income — remained at a record low, the agency noted, due to continuing low interest rates and income gains. found online at www.bisoncentre.com. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

STRIKE: Pay at issue The labour dispute has largely focused on issues relating to pay, including the truckers’ wages, the amount of unpaid time they spend waiting for cargo at the container terminals, and allegations that some truckers and shipping companies are undercutting rates.

Peter Xotta, vice-president of operations for Port Metro Vancouver, said the port and its container terminal operators are ready to ramp up operations as soon as the strike ends.

“What we expect to happen is that folks will be reviewing the contents of the commitments and proposals and our view is they will find it largely addresses the concerns that have been raised,” said Xotta.

“Given where we’re at, having lost two weeks of productive capacity, all of the terminals will be doing everything possible to return to normal as quickly as possible.”

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The Scooby Gang prepares their best adventure pose in search of striking out as they helped the Big Brothers, Big Sisters raise more than $65,000 through Bowl for Kids at Heritage Lanes on March 2.

Big bucks for Big Brothers, Sisters $65,000 RAISED AT SUPER SUNDAY AT HERITAGE LANES

Kinnkade Streit with his perfect form is said to be the most sought-after “Little” for next year’s event.

On Super Sunday, March 2, teams of friends and coworkers came together in silly cartoon costumes to support Big Brothers Big Sisters of Red Deer and District.

The event, held at Heritage Lanes in Red Deer, brought in more than $65,000 in support of their community-based and site-based programming.

This year, 65 teams collected cash pledges, put together their best cartoon dress and bowl in a strike challenge. Costumed characters ranged from Scooby Doo and his infamous gang, Minnie Mouse with bows galore, to the entire cast of Alice in Wonderland.

“Without the support from our sponsors, especially Servus Credit Union, this event just wouldn’t be as successful as it has been for the past 34 years,” said event co-ordinator Meagan Wade.

“They are a huge driving force for us during this annual campaign.”

Servus Credit Union, the presenting sponsor of the event, raised more than $39,000 through their in-house pledging campaigns and special events in local branches.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Red Deer and District runs a number of initiatives, including in-school mentoring, Cops For Kids, traditional match programs as well as match activities for those “bigs” and youth waiting to be matched.

Currently more than 40 youth are waiting to be mentored, with two-thirds of those on the wait list being young boys.

Big Brothers Big Sisters is Canada’s leading child and youth mentoring charity, facilitating life-changing relationships that empower children and youth to reach their potential both as individuals and citizens.

For more information about getting involved, visit http:// bbbsreddeer.ca.

Daniel MacLeod from the Deer Park Servus branch, pulls off a strike with her best Minion Dave impression.

Lilo and Stitch are joined by the crew from Brightpath Daycare.

Fund development manager John Johnston poses with Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

Bowl For Kids committee member Lani Parr and co-chair Vangi Willington strike a pose with Fat Cat (aka co-chair Kyle Lenz).

The Servus Credit Union management team suited up for a great cause.

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Plowing nears ends CITY CREWS HAVE ALSO CLEARED MORE THAN 1,000 CATCH BASINS

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

Floyd Wacker

LOTTERY WINNER CORRECTION

Red Deer’s big neighbourhood plow campaign is expected to wrap up on Monday, three months after it began.

Crews are expected to be finishing up in the Bower and West Park south neighbourhoods on Saturday.

Public Works manager Greg Sikora said the warmer temperatures definitely sped up the process but there are still some areas in the city with a ton of snow and ice on the streets.

He said it is important to remove the ice because left alone, it would cause rutting.

Because of the anticipated big melt, city crews began clearing the frozen catch basins on some streets and lanes about a month ago.

Sikora said this will allow for drainage and minimize ponding in back lanes.

“There has been a lot of strategic preparation work so we don’t face ponding and flooding in those lanes,” said Sikora.

“There was over a 1,000 of them that were cleared.”

The residential plow began on Jan. 14.

Sikora said during the big residential push, about 60 people worked to clear the streets at any given time.

But Sikora is not calling the snowplow season over.

In an average March, the city can expect 23 cm of snow and another 24 cm in April.

In November and December 2013 alone, Red Deer received 112.1 cm of snow. In a typical winter season, Red Deer sees on average 140 cm snow.

This winter, roughly 43,000 tonnes of snow were removed from the Priority 4 routes (collector roads, transit routes and residential streets adjacent) and another 24,000 tonnes have been removed from Priority 6 routes (residential).

The city had to open a temporary snow storage site because the two permanent sites were full. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

Floyd Wacker’s retirement nest egg received a $100,000 boost after purchasing a LOTTO 6/49 ticket from the Innisfail Royal Canadian Legion Branch for the Feb. 14 draw. He returned several days later to check a few tickets and was quite surprised to find he had matched the last six digits of EXTRA to win the prize.

“I didn’t realize how many zeros there were until I gave the ticket to the retailer,” Wacker said in a press release. His plans for the winnings are quite simple — he plans to pay some bills, possibly share with his family and to take a trip to P.E.I. “The win is going to make retirement a whole lot easier,” he said. Note: the wrong photo was published with an item about Floyd Wacker’s lottery win in Friday’s Advocate.

LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE A two-day event combining inspirational presentations and workshops with internationally acclaimed speakers comes to Red Deer in September.

The 2014 Leadership Conference is slated for Sept. 22 and 23 at 4811 48th St. The conference is geared to strengthen leadership capacity for businesses, non-profit groups and volunteer sectors throughout Central Alberta. The early bird registration deadline is May 31. For more information, visit www. theleadershipcentre.ca.

ORINTHOLOGY DISCUSSION Dr. Jocelyn Hudon, the curator of ornithology at the Royal Alberta Museum, will lead a discussion on the crossbreeding of yellow-bellied and rednaped sapsuckers on Thursday, March 27, at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre in Red Deer. The discussion, called Project Sapsucker: A window into an overlooked hybrid zone in Western Alberta, takes a look at a 15-year study of how and why the two distinct species of woodpeckers hybridize.

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Left to right: Kerry Bales, chief central zone officer with Alberta Health Services, Graham Moore, foundation chair, and Art Anastasi, president of Abbey Homes in the luxury kitchen of the Hospital’s Lottery dream home (exterior at right).

Hospitals lottery launched The Red Deer Regional Health Foundation rolled out its “biggest package yet” for the 2014 Hospitals’ Lottery on Friday morning.

The top prize for the annual lottery is the luxury dream home built by Abbey Master Builder and worth over $700,000.

The stately 1,698-square-foot bungalow features five bedrooms and three bathrooms, 10-foot ceilings on the main floor and a double car garage. It also includes a fully finished basement, a custom designed wine room, covered front veranda and a “hotelinspired” master en suite with a free-standing soaker tub and temperature controlled heated floors.

It’s located at 78 Voisin Close in the

LOCAL

BRIEFS Arens has lawyer Sundre-based lawyer Donna DerieGillespie has agreed to represent a Central Alberta man who is facing a variety of serious drug and driving charges.

Rodney Ross Arens, 36, is awaiting trial in the Court of Queen’s Bench in connection with a fatal collision in 2010 and has not yet entered pleas on subsequent charges, including impaired driving, possession of drugs for trafficking, possession of stolen property and breaching release conditions.

Arens was to have gone to trial last year on the earlier charges, laid in connection with the July 1, 2010, collision that police allege killed Anouluck “Jeffery” Chanminaraj, 13, and injured his older brother and sister, Jamie and Stephanie, who were both in their teens at the time.

The trial was cancelled a few weeks before it was to start after Arens parted company with his lawyer.

He has been unrepresented since then.

Arens is scheduled for a new trial by judge and jury in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench, starting on April 22, and set for two months. She and her client, who was returned to custody after his most recent arrest in mid-January, are to return to court on April 4 to enter pleas.

Vanier Woods East neighbourhood.

It is open for public viewing daily from 1 to 5 p.m. with extended hours to 8 p.m. on Thursdays.

The lottery also features 442 other prizes valued at over $1 million, such as a 2014 Dodge Dart, diamond stud earrings, vacation vouchers, thousands of dollars of cash and more.

All proceeds will go towards purchasing new cardiac monitors for the local hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit, upgrades to surgical lighting in obstetrical suites and equipment enhancements to improve services in gastroenterology.

New this year is the Mega Bucks 50/50 raffle with a minimum cash payout of

$80,000.

Lottery tickets are $25 each, five for $100 or $15 for $250. Mega Bucks tickets are $10 each, 10 for $25 or $25 for 50.

Tickets can be purchased online at www. hospitalslottery.com or by calling 403-3401878 or 1-877-808-9005.

There are more tickets this year than previous years, a total of 98,758 and 183,275 Mega Bucks tickets.

The early bird cutoff is 11 p.m. on June 8 with the draw taking place on June 24. The last day to purchase tickets is June 22 and the final draw will be on July 7.

The lottery sold out in 2013 and raised $625,000. Organizers say they’re expecting to raise $1 million this year, which would

Traffic Sheriffs and a member of Red Deer County Patrol, RCMP executed a search warrant on the property near Innisfail on Thursday at 7 p.m. A search of the residence found more than a pound of marijuana, a rifle and an undisclosed amount of cash.

Two people, a 26-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, were arrested at the residence. Both have been released from custody and have been charged with possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.

provincial court on Friday and asked to be tried by provincial court judge on two counts of kidnapping, two counts of uttering death threats and one count of possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

Vance remains in custody pending further court appearances.

Mountie awaits verdict A former Maskwacis Mountie must wait until April 10 to learn whether he has been convicted or acquitted of using excessive force during an arrest.

Ronald Craig Lavallee, 35, was on trial for assault this week before Justice Monica Bast in Wetaskiwin Court of Queen’s Bench.

The charge was laid by a member of the general public who accused Lavallee of excessive force during an arrest in Maskwacis during 2012.

Lavallee had been with the RCMP for six years when the charge was laid, including service in Maskwacis and Ponoka.

Drug charges withdrawn Charges have been withdrawn against an Innisfail woman arrested in a narcotics investigation.

Cindie Laurie Beagle, 52, was arrested

by Innisfail RCMP after a variety of drugs were found during the search of a local residence on Aug. 8, 2013.

Beagle was approved for alternate measures in Red Deer provincial court, with charges withdrawn on Friday after she successfully completely the requirements as prescribed.

Break-in suspect in court

A man accused of kidnapping two Red Deer men at knifepoint and driving them around the city for a period of time has pleaded not guilty.

Lyle Robert Vance, 21, was arresting on Feb. 12 by Red Deer RCMP investigating complaints that two 19-year-olds, Cole Francis and Hunter Wolf, were forced into a vehicle and then driven around before they were released or made their escape.

Represented by defence counsel Michael Scrase, Vance appeared in Red Deer

One of two men awaiting trial for a series of break-ins at Red Deer businesses has been sentenced to 60 days for repeatedly calling his girlfriend.

Jaret Murray Szoke, 36, pleaded guilty in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Friday to one count of breaching a court order that he have no contact with two other people arrested in connection with the same offences.

Szoke, his girlfriend, and Red Deer resident Christopher Davis, 36, were arrested on Feb. 27 by RCMP investigating break-ins and thefts from Red Deer businesses including Peavey Mart, Baker Petrolite and a Loblaw gas station.

The girlfriend was charged separately while Szoke and Davis are co-accused and scheduled to stand trial next month.

Carolyn Martindale, City Editor, 403-314-4326 Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

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RELIGION

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Why Lent asks us to give up some favourite things

BY S. BRENT PLATE ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Are Christians indecisive? During Christmas they give each other things. In the lead-up to Easter, in the time called Lent, they’re supposed to “give up things.” Which is it? Are Christians people who give things, or give them up?

The traditional Christian calendar had built-in cycles of excess and deprivation, partying and purification that, relatively speaking, aimed to create a healthy, balanced life. Eat, drink, and be merry on Tuesday, for Wednesday begins abstinence. There were seasons, and each season came to an end in order for a new one to begin.

In the contemporary age, we’ve attained a new kind of indecisiveness with regard to things. In a culture of 24/7 consumerism, we are left with little give and take. It’s all get get get. Overlay that with a Puritanical hangover that nags at us with its constraints (the Puritans, we might recall, even banned Christmas celebrations), and we are left unsure, even a little guilty, about our relationship to things.

Not a seasonal back and forth, but straining us moment by moment.

We live in the most object-consuming society known to humans and still believe materialism is bad. We are left with a collective bipolar disorder, desiring things, but not valuing them. Grabbing with one hand, while the other hand swats the offending wrist. Is there a solution to our two-handed tendencies, a more healthy ebb and flow?

For the past 20 years, I’ve been researching human religious behaviour around the world. One thing has become clear to me: We humans are needy. We need things. And I don’t just mean food, shelter, and clothing. We need knickknacks, keepsakes, tokens, tchotchkes, souvenirs, junk and treasure. We put them on our desks, on our nightstands, in our purses, or wear them as “accessories.”

Consider three personal examples: 1. Roaming a beach on vacation you stop, bend over, and pick up a smooth stone. Giving it a visual

once over, you pocket it and carry it home.

2. A ring on a finger cradles an obscure greenish stone at its center. It has little market value but is worn day-in, day-out because it was a grandmother’s gift.

3. Our what-would-you-grab-in-case-of-fire objects are strewn about our houses, as we lay sleepless in bed, mentally mapping our escape route, things in hand.

We love our objects, and our objects help fulfill our lives. Even if they are just old stones. These things connect us with other people, with far away places, with our past, sometimes our future, and sometimes our gods.

On a grand, global scale, religious traditions have survived largely because they take our intimate, personal love of things and write them large. In my book A History of Religion in 5 ½ Objects, I tell the stories of many of the “things” that religious people have held on to over the years. I find that religious traditions continue to impact people’s lives not because they intellectually convince people that their way is the right way, but because they teach us how to sensually engage the world.

Consider these three examples from religious traditions: 1. At the geographical center of Islam is the “Black Stone” (probably an ancient meteorite) in a corner of the Kaba, that ancient shrine at the center of the Grand Mosque of Mecca. Millions come every year to be near the Kaba, to gaze upon and attempt to touch the stone.

2. Christians do the same thing in Jerusalem, walking into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and touching and kissing the Stone of Anointing. Many people realize that this stone has only been in place for the last two centuries, but that does not stop them from feeling connection to the burial of Jesus at this site.

3. At Uluru (Ayer’s Rock) in central Australia, tourists collect (“steal”) pebbles and stones from the sacred space. Since this is a sacred site for the Aboriginal Anangu people, tourists believe them to have special powers, and are surprised when, upon arrival home, their luck begins to go south. People

the world over have begun to return the stones to Uluru.

Materialism may be a dirty word, but that should not prompt us to throw out material things with the bathwater. Consider that the words “matter” and “mother” have deep linguistic connections; we come from matter, are matter, return to matter. The material matters.

This, I suggest, is what Lent is all about. Yes, it’s about being like Christ, who went for forty days in the wilderness without food and water, without things.

Yet, if you’ve spent long times in silence, in meditation or prayer, you can attest to the ways the senses are sharpened, the engagement with the things of the world become so much clearer.

By “giving up things,” Lent is, paradoxically, a time to reinvest our bodies with the importance of things in our lives, senses stilled and then filled.

Lent asks to give up things for a while, if only to show how important those things are in the first place. The Christian tradition witnesses to “what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life” (I John 1:1). Christianity is at heart a sensual religion. It says, “Take, eat.”

S. Brent Plate is visiting associate professor of religious studies at Hamilton College and cofounder and managing editor of “Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art, and Belief.”

LOCAL EVENTS TUESDAY Lacombe Seventh Day Adventist Food Bank and Thrift Store welcomes gently used items at 5025 53 St. in Lacombe. Hours of operation are Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1 to 4 p.m., Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m., and Fridays from 1 to 3 p.m. Contact Millie at 403782-6777.

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Passion for God, Compassion for People.

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LUTHERAN CHURCHES OF RED DEER WELCOME YOU

Sunday, March 16

UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA GAETZ MEMORIAL

Corner of Ross Street and 48th Avenue — Phone 403-347-2244

10:30 a.m.

“Spirit’s Calling” www.gaetzmemorialunitedchurch.ca

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403-347-6073

10:30 a.m. Worship Service “Bold Blessings” Babyfold, ToddlerToddler Room, Room SundaySunday Club Club www.sunnybrookunited.org Babyfold, www.sunnybrookunited.org

GOOD SHEPHERD 40 Holmes St. 403-340-1022 Rev. Marc Jerry

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Worship Sunday 10:30 a.m. with Holy Communion Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Holden Evening Prayer Everyone Welcome Saved by grace - called to serve

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Pastor Don Hennig | Pastor Peter Van Katwyk DIVINE SERVICE 10:00 a.m.

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DIVINE SERVICE 7:00 p.m.

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Lutheran Church Worship 10:00 AM Pastor Harold Rust

Bethany Collegeside 99 College Circle RDC Everyone Welcome Rooted in the word of God, Growing in the likeness of Christ, Reaching out by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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ST. LEONARD’S ON THE HILL “A Church For All Ages” 43 Avenue & 44 Street 403-346-6769 www.stleonardsonthehill.org

Officiant: Rev. Gary Sinclair

8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 9:00 a.m. Celebration Service 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Sunday School/Nursery 7:00 p.m. “The Gathering” Contemporary Eucharist

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Celebrant: Noel Wygiera

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RED DEER ACTOR FINDS THE INSPIRATION TO PLAY HEROIN ADDICT IN NEW FILM

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF It isn’t a stretch to imagine Calgary’s infamous Cecil Hotel as a dilapidated drug den.

It’s more incongruous to think of clean-cut Red Deer actor Starlise Waschuk as a heroin addict who lets her boyfriend sell her into prostitution — but that’s the starring role she plays in a gritty yet lyrical new film Three Colours and a Canvas that’s being screened this week at Calgary’s Globe Cinema.

Waschuk is excited about getting the lead in an independent movie that was shot at the Cecil Hotel and is being shown in limited release across Canada this spring.

But the Red Deer College Motion Picture Arts and Theatre Studies graduate admitted she had to look deep to find parallels between herself and the character she plays.

Cassidy is a party girl and pothead, who with her unlikely group of friends, gradually sinks into the seamy world of drug addiction.

“You always try to find how (a character) is like you, and I tried hard not to victimize her,” said Waschuk.

“But there were times when I would have liked to turn that girl around and shake her.”

Waschuk ended up explaining her character’s bad choices this way: “We are all lonely.” Cassidy clings to her pimp boyfriend because she doesn’t have anybody else and needs the money for drugs.

Heroin, which caused the recent high-profile death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, is once again getting to be a huge societal problem, especially in larger centres.

Waschuk, who now lives in Vancouver, said the drug has become very popular among 14-to=17-year-olds there, so she believes Three Colours and a Canvas comes as a timely cautionary tale.

While the film, directed by Shailender Vyas, shows what can happen when we live without thought to future consequences, Waschuk believes the film is not as harrowing as Trainspotting, and has a more artistic feel.

“As hard as the subject matter is, it’s approached with a lot of hope. This is more of an art film ... it’s not your usual movie about drugs.”

Vyas and his producer wife, Ritika Anand, an actor who also stars in Three Colours and a Canvas, are graduates of the Asian Academy of Film Training in India, where they met. Both worked on Indian serials, shorts and documentaries. They now live in Calgary and this is their first English-language produc-

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Starlise Waschuk, a Red Deer College Motion Picture Arts and Theatre Studies graduate, on the set of Three Colours and a Canvas. The film is being screened until March 20 at Calgary’s Globe Cinema. tion.

Waschuk, who almost didn’t drive to Calgary for her 2011 audition because of horrible highway conditions, ended up shooting the film over 30 days in September 2012.

A week of the filming took place at the Cecil Hotel, which has its own notorious real-life history of drugs and debauchery. The boarded-up building stands in for a rundown apartment building in the movie. “It was freaky,” said Waschuk, who recalled crumbling masonry, broken mirrors and inexplicable noises from the upper floors.

There was no electricity in the building, so the film crew had to use generators. “It was freezing cold, even though it was warm outside, and it was dingy ... I didn’t feel at ease there.”

The cast and crew made up for the hotel’s ominous atmosphere by being a fun bunch to work with, added Waschuk.

This film could mean a career break for her, since it’s also being shown in Saskatoon, Toronto and Vancouver.

(She hopes for a Red Deer screening but one hasn’t yet been arranged.)

Waschuk was previously featured

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You always try to find how (a character) is like you, and I tried hard not to victimize her. But there were times when I would have liked to turn that girl around and shake her.

— Starlise Waschuk On playing a heroin addict in such movies as the locally made Year After Year and American Virgins for Showcase TV. Her other indie film project, The Take Away, is expected to be released next month.

She is also shopping the concept for

her original science fiction serial Soldiers of Earth to Netflix.

Three Colours and a Canvas is being screened nightly at the Globe Cinema in Calgary until March 20. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Tritt travels road from outcast to country star CENTRAL ALBERTA FANS QUICK TO SELL OUT MARCH 22 CONCERT

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Once thought to be too rock ’n’ roll for country, Travis Tritt is now country music royalty.

The twice Grammy-Award-winning singer and musician will perform at a soldout concert on Saturday, March 22, at Red Deer’s Sheraton Centre. The 51-year-old performer is so popular with his Central Albertan country fans that concert organizers scrambled to free up 100 more tickets once the original run sold out.

And even though these tickets had to be claimed in person, when word got out, they were scooped up within hours.

While Tritt is best known for such hits as Can I Trust You With My Heart and Here’s a Quarter, he initially survived some pretty lean years.

The Georgia native taught himself to play the guitar and write music while in high school. But Tritt’s father never thought he’d make it as a musician and his mother preferred that he sing Christian tunes.

Eventually, he became a regular performer on the Atlanta club scene, after quitting his day job at an air-conditioning firm. But when he began pursuing his goal of being a full-time musician, the country music industry was reluctant to endorse Tritt, due to his rock ’n’ roll leanings.

He stuck to his own style, regardless, and it paid off. In 1987, Tritt sent a demo album to Warner Bros.

Nashville division and landed a record deal.

He released his first album, Country Club, in 1990 and got his first Top 10 hit with the title track, followed by two more successful singles, Help Me Hold On and I’m Going to Be Somebody.

It’s All About to Change, his 1991 album, had a prophetic title. Millions of copies of the release were sold and Tritt became a full-blown country star, joining the ranks of Garth Brooks and Alan Jackson and obtaining the same agent as Tricia Yearwood and Kenny Rogers.

All four singles off his second album reached Top

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Country star Travis Tritt is best known for such hits as Can I Trust You With My Heart and Here’s a Quarter.

The Grammy-winning performer will be at Red Deer’s Sheraton Centre on Saturday, March 22.

5 on the country charts, including Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares), Nothing Short of Dying and The Whisky Ain’t Workin’ Anymore — his duet with Marty Stuart, which went on to win his first Grammy Award for best country vocal collaboration.

(In 1999, he won a second Grammy in the same category for another collaboration with Stuart and others — Same Old Train.)

Tritt continued to stage rock-style country concerts throughout the 1990s, following up with the albums T-R-O-U-B-L-E, Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof, The Restless Kind and No More Looking Over My Shoulder.

In 2000, he struck gold with Down the Road I Go, which produced his last No. 1 hit, Best of Intentions, as well as It’s a Great Day to Be Alive and Love of a Woman, which both peaked at No. 2.

Through the past decade, Tritt has explored other musical genres, recording a duet with soul singer Sam Moore in 2006, and teaming up with American Idol judge Randy Jackson to record The Storm in 2007. The bluesy R&B album put him back on the charts with You Never Take Me Dancing.

Tritt has also acted in movies, such as The Cowboy Way, and made-for-TV projects such as Rio Diablo. And he has been a vocal proponent of right-wing causes, supporting former U.S. president George W. Bush, the National Rifle Association and capital punishment.

The thrice-married singer and father of three children describes his music as being geared toward the working man.

“I write from my personal experiences. If I haven’t lived it, I can’t write it.”

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BRIEFS 10th anniversary of Adam Helps the House benefit concert takes place April 5 The Ronald McDonald House of Central Alberta is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Adam Helps the House benefit concert next month.

The annual fundraiser with country star Adam Gregory, originally from Edmonton, will take place on April 5 at the Black Knight Inn in Red Deer at 6 p.m.

The concert originally began to help raise money to open a Ronald McDonald House in Red Deer. After that became a reality, the concert now raises funds to help with the operating costs of the house. Last year, the event raised roughly $18,000 and they hope to surpass that this year, said longtime organizer Cathy McKechnie.

The show will feature not only multiple Canadian Country Music award winner Gregory, known for his hits Only Know I Do, Get It On and One Breath from a Heartache, but also the local classic rock and blues band Flyer, made up of former members of the band In Transit.

Tickets are $130 per person. For tickets, visit www.tickets.blackknightinn.ca/TheatreManager/1/online.

Performance artist Rita McKeough to talk about works at ART101 Calgary-based installation and performance artist Rita McKeough will talk about her sound-based works on Monday at Red Deer College.

McKeough has exhibited throughout Canada since the late 1970s.

Her work has been featured in the books Radio Rethink: Essays on Art, Sound and Transmission and Caught in the Act: Canadian Women in Performance. The native of Antigonish, N.S., studied printmaking and sculpture at the University of Calgary. She later went on to study at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, where she was awarded her master’s in fine arts degree.

Her experience as a radio station disc jockey and drummer for bands led to her introduction of sound elements in her elaborate installations, and to the development of electronic and mechanical objects in interactive environments.

She’s currently in the band Sleepy Panther with her friend Richard Brown and teaching at The Alberta College of Art and Design.

Everyone is welcome at the 7 p.m. lecture in the Learning Common (Room 2909, outside the painting studio).

This is the third ART101 Visiting Artist Lecture of the term.

Local writer has spy short story published as part of anthology

True West magazine, Mad Magazine and the Comic Buyers Guide.

‘Sensational’ served up with improv and sketch comedy at Bull Skit next weekend Some “sensational” blues, Latin, jazz and pop music will be served up, along with improv and sketch comedy, when up-and-coming Calgary singer Lauren Busheikin joins the Bull Skit crew for two shows next weekend.

The singer, billed as having a “knock the wind out of you” voice, will perform at Bull Skit shows on Friday and Saturday, March 21 and 22, at the Scott Block in downtown Red Deer.

Besides Busheikin’s musical performance, the audience will get to see some improvisational games and recurring Bull Skit characters in comedy sketches. Alice and Sarah will try to get a date, the Bar Story boys will attempt to understand their life choices, and radio DJ “92.1 The Dick” will receive big news from an anonymous caller.

New characters will also be introduced this month: Watch Allan and Steve take terms like trolling and going viral too literally.

Doors open at 7 p.m. with a cash bar.

The shows start at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $23 ($18 students/seniors) from www.BullSkitComedy.com or at the door. Bull Skit contains mature language and adult themes.

The local Bull Skit troupe is also available for parties or staff development exercises. For bookings, call Jenna at 403-872-6706.

Eric Allison heating up One Eleven Grill tonight The Eric Allison Jazz Trio will be heating things up tonight at the One Eleven Grill in Red Deer.

Award-winning saxophonist Allison, from Sylvan Lake, will perform some sizzling jazz standards with Morgan McKee on piano and Nich Davies on drums.

Friends, fans and family are invited to “come lift a glass and beg for spring.”

For more information, call 403-3472111.

The Glorious Sons playing at Vat next week Red Deer fans will get another chance to see fast-rising band The Glorious Sons.

The Kingston, Ont., group known for the chart-climbing singles Mama and White Noise, performs on Wednesday and Thursday at The Vat. But tickets are only available for the Wednesday show, as Thursday’s has already sold out.

This is the first headlining tour for The Glorious Sons, who are promoting their EP Shapeless Art. The five-member band that’s premiering its debut video for White Noise, will be performing in Red Deer with the group Teenage Kicks.

For more information, call The Vat at 403-346-5636.

Titanfall a beauty and a beast of an online shooter

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

GAME REVIEW

LOS ANGELES — I fear I won’t survive. My vision is blurred. I’m being chased by a pistol-packing militia member across the rooftops of an abandoned neighbourhood. He’s already shot me. One more shot and I might be dead. Then I hear: “Your Titan is ready to drop. Signal when ready.” I point to a nearby parking lot below me and — boom! — a Transformers-like robot descends from the sky.

Leaping from the building’s roof, I slide into my mechanized beast’s chest and quickly assume the controls, swinging the 24-foot-tall walking tank around to my pursuer and blasting him to smithereens. That’s just one breakneck moment among the dozens I’ve experienced while playing the frenetic Titanfall (Electronic Arts, for the Xbox One, PC, $59.99).

Titanfall is the ambitious inaugural game from Respawn Entertainment, a studio that includes developers who worked on the landmark Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series. It’s clear after spending a few days clashing with Titans that they’ve changed the game again, refreshing the static shoot-’emup genre with this fabulously fluid scifi shooter.

Any notion of interactive storytelling has been ejected into space in favour of a strictly online-only affair where each matchup between the game’s warring Frontier Militia and the Interstellar Manufacturing Corp. is comprised of real players portraying balletic gun-toting pilots. They’re each equipped with jet packs and can call on those behemoth Titans for support.

Pilots begin most matches without a Titan sidekick. They can speed up its construction occurring in a ship overhead by shooting down foes and completing objectives in the game’s five

multiplayer modes — from the death match-like “Attrition” to the rock-’emsock-’em “Last Titan Standing” — that are spread across 15 of the most vertical levels ever depicted in a shooter.

The expansive battlefields aren’t merely populated with other human pilots. There are also dozens of computer-controlled foot soldiers whose presence imbues Titanfall with the feeling of an epic war. Enemies serve as fodder. Their deaths shave off time until the next Titan is ready, while allies helpfully lead pilots to the next closest kerfuffle on the map.

It might all seem complicated. It’s not. There are so many different ways to play as either a free-running pilot on the ground or inside a lumbering Titan that it’s always entertaining, no matter if you’re a shooter newbie or hardcore Halo and Call of Duty devotee. Heck, even losing is fun because the missions end with an adrenalinepumping race to an escape vessel.

An unfulfilling but necessary campaign mode attempts to make sense of the man-versus-machine conflict that’s waging between the militia and the IMC. It’s inadequate because it provides zero background on how or why these factions are at each other’s steel throats, but it’s paramount because playing completely through the mode unlocks two of the game’s three Titans.

No, Titanfall isn’t 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s Space Mountain.

By relinquishing a true plot and instead masterfully blending guns, robots, parkour and sci-fi cliches into a giant interactive thrill ride, Respawn Entertainment has put together an innovative toy box where players can act out their own stories on otherworldly front lines.

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Hellboy marks two decades with Dark Horse THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA — It’s been two decades since Mike Mignola created a horned, red-hued devilish beast with a penchant for cigars and a big gun.

Since that first ap-

pearance in the pages of Dark Horse Comics’ San Diego Comic-Con Comics No. 2, Hellboy has become a top-seller for the publisher, transformed into animation and spawned a pair of films starring Ron Perlman as Hellboy. Not to mention a bevy of comic book titles anthologized and reprinted..

“I didn’t think it would last four issues,” Mignola said. “That was my goal. Do four issues then hope I can find another job.”

It’s lasted, he conced-

ed, though the character is in the midst of an impossibly difficult adventure: being dead. Mignola said he’s working to figure out what happens to his creation, who died in 2011 and — for now — is in hell.

“How do you end a book where you’ve already killed the guy off?” he asked. “It’s going someplace and there’s certain things that have to get done, but as far where it’s going, I can’t really say.... It’s building to a certain kind of climax.”

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A Red Deer resident has had a short story about the life and times of a fictitious spy recently published in a new espionage anthology.

Tim Lasiuta writes about Jonesy S. NottingGALAXY CINEMAS RED DEER ham, a comic book artist, 357-37400 HWY 2, RED DEER COUNTY 403-348-2357 secret agent and everyday SHOWTIMES FOR FRIDAY MARCH 14, 2014 father in Covert Ops: GemTO THURSDAY MARCH 20, 2014 ini, published by Pro Se Productions.

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CAPTIONED FRI 5:00, 7:40, 10:20; SAT-SUN 2:10, 5:00, CLOSED CAPTIONED, NO PASSES FRI 4:00, 7:00, 10:00; 7:40, 10:20; MON-THURS 7:10, 10:05 Lasiuta, a reporter for SAT-SUN 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00; MON-THURS 6:35, 9:35 the Innisfail Province, has NEED FOR SPEED (PG) (NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN) THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: WERTHER () SAT 10:55 THAT AWKWARD MOMENT (18A) FRI-SUN 10:10; MONcontributed numerous fic- STAR & STROLLERS SCREENING, NO PASSES THURS 9:50 tion pieces to Moonstone WED 1:30 NEED FOR SPEED 3D (PG) (NOT REC. FOR YOUNG SON OF GOD (14A) (BRUTAL VIOLENCE) CLOSED Books, including ones in CHILDREN) CLOSED CAPTIONED, NO PASSES CAPTIONED FRI-SAT 3:30, 6:40, 9:50; SUN 12:30, 3:30, the Zorro, Captain Midnight FRI 4:30, 7:30, 10:30; SAT-SUN 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30; MON- 6:40, 9:50; MON-WED 6:30, 9:40; THURS 9:40 VERONICA MARS () THURS 7:00 and Green Hornet anthol- THURS 7:15, 10:15 ogies. He also writes for MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN (G) CLOSED CAPTIONED DESPICABLE ME (G) SAT 11:00

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Not all people who disagree with interracial dating are racists

Career Opportunity ACCOUNTING PERSONNEL The Red Deer Child Care Society is accepting applications for the full time position of Bookkeeper.

Different Thrive in an inclusive culture of teamwork, strong leadership and respect.

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Here, diverse people pull together to achieve goals that are challenging and rewarding. You can learn and grow in an environment of acceptance and accountability.

Come meet FCC.

REQUIREMENTS: • Education/Experience in Accounting.

• Strong organizational skills • Highly energetic • Able to work as a team member.

Agricultural lending experience required Loans Analyst, Red Deer

Please forward resumes, along with three references to Rob Elliot at #2 5571 45 St., Fax 403-343-9299, or email relliot@reddeerchildcare.ca.

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We thank all applicants, but only those being interviewed will be contacted. Closing date is Monday, Mar. 17, 2014 at 4:00 p.m.

Make things happen for your sales team by preparing credit submissions and completing complex loan administration tasks.

You’ll review source documents, organize credit conditions and assist in assessing risk using your understanding of customers’ businesses. Working in partnership with Relationship Managers, you’ll develop sales strategies that match business priorities.

You have a degree in business, economics or agriculture and at least four years of related experience (or equivalent).

Closes March 26, 2014.

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HARLAN COHEN

Lacombe & District

Transportation Coordinator Lacombe Connex – One Year Term

About us We’re a federal Crown corporation and Canada’s leading agriculture lender. Our healthy portfolio of more than $26 billion, passion for the industry and reputation as one of Canada’s top employers help us attract professionals in agriculture, lending and just about everything in between.

We offer financing, insurance, software, learning programs, and other business services to producers, agribusiness owners and agri-food entrepreneurs across the country.

Does this sound like the workplace you’re looking for? Visit fcc.ca/careers to apply.

Lacombe and District Family and Community Support Services is seeking a full time Transportation Coordinator for the Lacombe Connex Service for a one year term. The Transportation Coordinator is responsible for the operation of a safe and coordinated handivan service. Lacombe Connex is available to seniors and others unable to access regular transportation because of age, cost or disability. The Service is offered through Lacombe & District FCSS in partnership with the City of Lacombe.

Responsibilities: • Oversee the operations of the Lacombe Connex Transportation Service • Mentor, lead, supervise and schedule Connex Drivers • Manage the dispatch service, booking clients and scheduling the appropriate transportation • Drive clients to appointments, school runs, group bookings • Prepare information for monthly client invoices • Prepare and monitor daily vehicle and maintenance logs • Liaison with representatives of community groups and contract clients • Plan and monitor annual budget • Prepare monthly and bi-annual ridership reports Qualifications: • Class 4 Drivers License and Clean Drivers Abstract • Driver Training and Experience is Preferred • Excellent Communication Skills and Public Relations • Good Management and Supervisory Skills Closing Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 Lacombe & District FCSS offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefit package.

Please forward your letter of interest and resume to: Susan MacDonald Executive Director Lacombe and District FCSS #201, 5214- 50th Avenue, Lacombe, AB T4L 0B6 Phone: (403) 782-6637 Fax: (403) 782-6639 Email: smacdonald@lacombefcss.net

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Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom energy equipment. Since 1992, Bilton has worked with engineering firms and oil and natural gas producers around the globe to develop their own equipment standards for size, capacity and any number of technical specifications. We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and employ over 175 people. With your long-term interests in mind, we provide you with ample opportunities to achieve your career goals. We’ll provide you with hands-on training and an opportunity to work on some of the most interesting projects and applications in the energy sector.

INLAND CONCRETE RED DEER

BATCHER DISPATCHER RESPONSIBILITIES: • Receive customer orders and schedule deliveries effi ciently • Batch concrete loads according to mix design specifi cations • Track and report information on plant operations and product quality • Operate loader to maintain aggregate stockpiles • Maintain the plant and equipment • Promote safe work habits and provide safe working conditions

We currently have career opportunities for a professional:

PROJECT MANAGER

The successful candidate will have the overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project. The Project Manager must have a combination of skills including an ability to ask penetrating questions and resolve conflicts, as well as more general management skills.

Responsibilities You will find success based on your ability to:

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS: • Class 3 license or higher and good mechanical knowledge • Knowledge of concrete products, manufacturing processes, and plant equipment • Experience in the concrete industry • Loader operator experience an asset • Good computer skills • Great customer service

Manage day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope Monitor progress of each project while in production Keep up-to-date with progress and plans on future stages Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders Keep client updated with the current status of projects Plan and schedule project timelines, update schedule Manage project changes and budget Effectively apply our methodology and enforce project standards

BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION: Competitive wages, excellent benefi ts package.

Job Requirements As the ideal candidate you will possess: • • • •

Completion of PMP certification, working toward completion or equivalent Minimum 3 years previous experience in related industry or role Microsoft Project experience is an asset Thorough knowledge of oil and gas industry

Call 403-347-3989 | Fax resumes to 403-346-6721 or email to Angela.Wedlund@LehighHanson.com

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Build your career with an employer committed to a healthy, vibrant, and sustainable community. Our employees are the cornerstone of our organization and we are always seeking creative and skilled individuals with the ability and desire to succeed.

Job Description While reporting to the production manager, the incumbent will over-see all plant procedures and operations during the afternoon shift (including Pork Cut, Shipping, Plant Services, Maintenance and Kill Floor Sharples); while maintaining a safe and productive working environment. The position will be responsible for developing continuous improvement methods for evaluating processes, labor efficiencies and maximizing equipment utilization.

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Track productivity (labor efficiency) while developing and implementing procedures to promote efficient and economical operations Manage yield performance on the afternoon pork cut Monitor CCCSI efficacy of process control and adherence to Olymel company requirements Provide exceptional leadership and supervision Provide constructive feedback Evaluate staff performance Promote safety awareness Delegate work assignments for optimum use of employees and equipment Responsible for staff development and cross training Maintain awareness and sensitivity to company policies and procedures, (including HACCP and CFIA requirements) Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications: • • • • • •

5-8 years previous supervisory experience required (asset in a union environment).

Excellent oral and written communications skills Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, control and effectively supervise the work of subordinates Ability to meet or beat deadlines and schedules Knowledge of SQF standards and HACCP Knowledgeable of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations

For more information and to apply online, please visit www.reddeer.ca/hr.

Phone: (403) 343-8700 Fax: (403) 309-7547 Email: apply@olymel.com

Feeding the world together

As our preferred candidate you will have: • Completion of grade 12 • Must have a knowledge of basic traffic laws and regulations pertaining to local by-laws and the Highway Traffic Act • Eligible to obtain a minimum of a class 2 Alberta Operators License with a Q endorsement • Must have the ability to maintain effective customer relations with transit patrons and the general public.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a great work environment with a dynamic and dedicated team of likeminded professionals.

Join Our Team!

7550 40th Ave. Red Deer AB. T4P 2H8

Feeding the world together

The City of Red Deer is currently seeking reliable and responsible individuals who can provides regular, public transit services enabling residents to have access to work, education, healthcare, shopping and recreational opportunities in Red Deer. Transit Operators are experienced and knowledgeable drivers with a strong commitment to customer service who transport passengers in a safe and courteous manner on prescribed scheduled routes and on chartered services and tours. They operate buses safely and competently in a variety of driving conditions.

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Dear Harlan; I wanted to respond to your advice to the young woman whose parents didn’t approve of interracial dating.

Believe it or not, this is still America, and as of today, we still have the right to believe whatever we want. Sadly, today will be tomorrow very soon, and this may not be the case then.

This country’s culture is being forcibly changed at a suddenly alarming rate brought on by a court system using the Constitution as a baseball bat. This extremely liberal thought process is becoming (has become) the only accepted way to believe or else!

Backed by such laws as hate crimes, nonexistent not many years ago, and the “constitutional right” that basically anything goes and if you don’t agree, you are labeled, and I quote, “ignorant, small-minded racists.”

Please don’t be so quick to attach an ugly label to other citizens who may happen to have differing views and beliefs than what you think they must have. Because others may feel marriage should be kept between persons of the same race does not give you the right to immediately assume they are bad people.

Would you feel the same if, for instance, Jewish or Catholic parents wanted their families to marry within their own religion, or Irish or Italian families within their own ethnicities?

Should this make them bad people?

But back to race. I’ve had black co-workers and friends throughout my life (61 years old) that actually felt the same way, and we didn’t for a second consider each other to be ignorant, small-minded racists.

It was just what we believed it should be and actually respected each other for it instead of attaching ugly, uncalledfor labels. — Craig in Minnesota Dear Craig; Shaking my head here ... I believe my advice to this reader was to work to understand her parents’ point of view before labeling them small-minded racists. And yes, if they dislike her boyfriend only because his skin is darker than hers, that’s smallminded and racist.

I’m a traditional guy with traditional values, but I don’t believe there’s anything “liberal” about respecting the love between consensual adults who exercise mutual respect regardless of race, religion or gender.

Dear Harlan; How do you tell a guy he is being too clingy without making him feel rejected? — Too Nice Dear Too Nice; Why do you feel the need to tiptoe around the truth?

You’re causing more damage by hiding the truth than telling the truth.

There’s nothing wrong with telling someone you get the sense he likes you as more than a friend. Explain that you wanted to say something because you are more comfortable being friends. You also can mention that you could be totally wrong, but that you felt, out of respect for the friendship, it was better to be honest. If he doesn’t like the kind rebuff, then he doesn’t need to be your friend.

Instead of focusing on rejection, make him feel respected by telling him the truth.

Write Harlan at harlan@helpmeharlan.com or visit online: www.helpmeharlan.com.

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The best gifts might not mean the most expensive Dear Annie: You printed an essay about well, to romp and play and do your bidding, a year ago regarding the loss of a pet from to walk by your side and stand ready, willthe pet’s point of view. ing and able to protect you with my life, I’m sorry, but that’s all I reshould your life be in danger. member. I recall the way that And, my friend, when I am poem made me feel. I hope you very old, and I no longer enjoy can help me dig it up. — A.S. good health, hearing and sight, Dear A.S.: That poem is one of do not make heroic efforts to our most requested, and we are keep me going. I am not having pleased to reprint it. any fun.

A Dog’s Plea Please see that my trusting

by Beth Norman Harris life is taken gently. I shall leave Treat me kindly, my beloved this Earth knowing with the last friend, for no heart in all the breath I draw that my fate was world is more grateful for kindalways safest in your hands. ness than the loving heart of me.

Dear Annie: Our children are Do not break my spirit with now adults, and every year we MITCHELL a stick, for though I might lick give them a check for their IRA’s, & SUGAR your hand between blows, your as well as something personal. patience and understanding Last year, I decided to make will more quickly teach me the them a cookbook and write down things you would have me learn. my best recipes. I printed them, Speak to me often, for your voice is the placed them in plastic sleeves and put them world’s sweetest music, as you must know in a binder. Then I put all of my recipes on by the fierce wagging of my tail when the flash drives and gave them to my kids. They sound of your footstep falls upon my wait- really enjoyed having the recipes they ening ear. joyed as children.

Please take me inside when it is cold If you don’t know what to get your parand wet, for I am a domesticated animal, no ents or grandparents, I highly recommend longer accustomed to bitter elements. I ask the gift of your time. no greater glory than the privilege of sitting If Grandma makes the best piecrust in at your feet beside the hearth. town, ask her to show you. Take your parKeep my pan filled with fresh water, for ents out to lunch.

I cannot tell you when I suffer thirst.

You may also want to check to be sure Feed me clean food that I might stay that your parents have everything they need

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to be comfortable. Older people may have trouble opening cans, so a good can opener would make their lives easier.

Winters are cold, and it is expensive to heat the house, so warm slippers, socks, etc., make a difference. — S.S. Dear S.S.: Thank you for your thoughtful and creative gift ideas.

People often assume a gift means money, but it’s the less expensive things that can mean the most.

Dear Annie: “Hurt and Exasperated” said her husband refused to help around the house. About 30 years ago, we were expecting friends over, and it was my husband’s turn to do the dishes, but as usual, he conveniently “forgot.” I wasn’t in the mood to do his job, but I couldn’t leave those dirty dishes out for my friends to see.

So I put them in the oven. We lived in a tiny house without air-conditioning. Did I mention it was a hot summer?

Several days later, when he was looking for a clean dish, I told him to check the oven.

Inside there was a pile of nasty crusted plates with mold growing on them. He never “forgot” again. — A. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

under a magnifying glass. Mistakes you make now are likely to be exaggerated or seem too apparent to others. Remember to put your best foot forward and maintain a proper image.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You dream with your Saturday, March 15 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Eva Longoria, 39; eyes open. You do not seem to stand by foggy ideas or fabricated principles. Walking on solid ground reassures you to Will I Am, 39; Mark Hoppus, 42 maintain an unyielding direction towards your THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Moon visits aspirations and ideals. health conscious Virgo. During this time we may AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Romance and find ourselves cleaning and sorting insisting on passion reign throughout your day. Give in the orderly environments. We seek perfection in most delight it creates for you and indulge in its sweetendeavours while putting additional focus on ness. Joy and creativity come hand in hand hygiene and diet. A supporting aspect to Jupiter today. Experience it fully if you don’t want to miss suggests that positive emotions will allow us to on anything exhilarating to your senses. carry through with confidence and reassurance.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Words may HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, be tricky for you today. Confidential talks may great, bountiful feelings will present themselves make you more confused or feeling unsettled at to you this year! times. Don’t believe naively to everything you This is a special time for you as you will seek hear around you. The less you know the better it a close partnership and avoid being by yourself may be for your consciousness.

ASTRO at any cost. It is through these special relations DOYNA that you can prosper your individuality and exSunday, March 16 pose your self-expression. Optimism about your CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Alan romantic affairs will take you into a journey of Tudyk, 43; Victor Garber, 65; Alexandra Daddyour lifetime! ario, 28 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your willingness to adapt and THOUGHT OF THE DAY: We are experiencing a Full to remain flexible will test your ability to keep your life under control. A balanced lifestyle with a combination of a nutritious Moon in Virgo today. The past six months are reaching a diet and a physical regime will only benefit you for the long culminating point during this time and we will be faced with issues that will have to be acted upon quite immediately. Opt run.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Unusual circumstances or for healthy decisions and practical solutions in the long-term. coincidences will likely surprise you in a manner you had not Emotional outbursts may result as a sudden response to outanticipated. Whatever you see coming your way will boost side pressures. Keep the lid well glued on the eruptive jar!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, the upcomyour self-esteem and your income as well. You may acquire ing year will be a vital one for you. A relationship might finally new goods in a spontaneous manner.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If things are not what they officialize or a business partnership may show its full potential. seem to be, most likely they are not. At the first sign of indeci- This foretells to be a year where many of your decisions will sion take two steps back. You may find sudden salvation in have to be taken fast and in a short time span. It’s time to the arms of your loved one. Do not be afraid to declare defeat. bring in some order into all your essential dealings.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your attention will be focused CANCER (June 21-July 22): Uncertainty may disrupt the course of your day. If you feel irritated by the ongoing circum- towards your overall physique and you will experience a realstances, go for a run or attend a fitness class in your neigh- ity check in terms of your lifestyle habits. Be prepared for a bourhood. Let it all out through some physical activity which wake-up call and make the necessary adjustments. At work, start prioritizing. will only increase your heart rate and your good humour.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You will be strongly tempted LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You are calculating your expenses and your spending habits. Keep your budgetary needs to reveal your true nature in a romantic situation. You are feelrealistic. Social gatherings promise to be fun and enlightening. ing more emotionally expressive and you let yourself be taken Your outgoing nature attracts interesting suitors and expands aback by some cordial revelations of pure love. Do not say that you were not warned. your social circle.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You will be taken back in time VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A certain confusion can be marked on your today. You dislike not having all the facts and will reminisce the past and a certain parental matter will straight out. Try to not focus as much on the outer world and more on your inner world. This should set off today’s lack of objectivity.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Essential partnerships can come in handy if you welcome potential sizzling revelations.

Embrace spontaneity and an adventurous journey with a special someone. You do not want to experience amazing moments all by yourself. Share.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You are deeply concerned with one of your friend’s situation. Their wellbeing and security is vital for you. Advance cautiously by avoiding stepping into foggy territory. Rely on your gut instinct when running your usual errands.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The ambiguousness around you makes you feel as if someone is looking at you

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certainly touch you. Nostalgia and your emotionality will climb higher than the Eiffel tower.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Communication of all sorts will expose a certain amplified sentimental value to them and you will feel emotionally connected to your thoughts. You will widen your need to carry out only open and sincere conversations without a trace of smoke in them.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): This Full Moon will make you more aware of your true potential and your abilities in terms of merit and self-worth. Hard work and efforts that were accumulated until now will flourish and expose you to new possibilities.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Vital changes will occur for you particularly, at this time, dear Virgo. You could make some important adjustments to your life relating to your living space or a career change. It could also be pertaining to your overall physical wellness.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There is little that others didn’t know about you up until now. Let go of old resentments, fears or phobias. You may also need more relaxation and rest, which will be apparent to others as well. Heal your spirits. Do some yoga.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Ready or not, it’s time to come out and join some of your friends. Be prepared to get more involved in teamwork activities, socialize and accept friendly invitations. This will allow you to find who your true friends are.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Listen to your heart’s desire and follow your gut instinct when it comes to your career choices. Your area of professional realm and worldly success will be highlighted now. You may swiftly have a complete change of heart in terms of your career choice.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Expand your horizons and say hello to freedom or that independence you sought after. You are finally released from your inhibiting forces. You are feeling inspired to pursue life under a different perspective.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Private matters that you kept leashed until now, may appear to the surface now.

Sometimes, we cannot control the flow of energy that is exposed out there. Don’t burry yourself into unresolved matters which you cannot control.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A close relationships will emerge now and require your undivided attention. You’ll have to either be more compromising in order to advance it or you’ll just have to deal with its consequences. You might have to let go of a past romantic interest that you still seem to hold on to.

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Cabin pressure

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What seemed like an easy project — the transformation of a rundown log cabin (below) — into a chic place by the lake soon gathered momentum and turned into a frantic dash to the finish line.

We’re still licking our wounds and salving our bruised emotional register after filming for the entirety of summer 2013 and for most of this recent, damning winter.

Hell mend us; what seemed like an easy project (the transformation of a run down log cabin into a chic bolt hole by the lake) soon gathered momentum and turned into a frantic dash to the finish line.

Jeez — what a journey. The subjects, now, of our own TV makeover show (Colin and Justin’s Cabin Pressure on Cottage Life TV) we can understand the stress which C&J clients probably endured as we ran rampage through their homes during previous TV outings.

Tougher, still, for us, was COLIN & the climate, which closed in JUSTIN faster than a Kardashian running towards the nearest paparazzi camera.

We started, you see, when the weather was stunning, yet watched in terror as the leaves turned brown as Mother Nature’s chillier fingers strangled many of our plans.

Just try delivering a 50-feet bunkie across land in desperate conditions (wait till you see the awesome guest accommodation we birthed in conjunction with Canada Builds!) or digging sewer lines into frozen earth so solid it might as well have been rock.

The climate, it’s fair to report, got the better of us.

Our biggest drama was realizing that our 1,500-square-feet wrap-around deck was completely gubbed.

Every bit as rotten, in fact, as the roof of our sun room.

We wept and sighed with disbelief upon discovering that the ‘beauty queen’ cottage we thought we’d bought turned out to be a pig in lipstick. The term ‘buyer beware’ was never more relevant than it was here.

And let’s not even mention the rotten dock.

Or the mouse colony that lived in insulation everywhere. Or the dodgy wiring which our contractor informed us could have led to fire and destruction had we not discovered it while talking the house apart.

Horrors aside, we’re fiercely proud of our endeavours. It would have been so easy to have razed the tired house to the ground and built a McMansion, but we bit the bullet and decided to give our old lady a new start.

And so it came to pass that Hemlock Hill House (named after the hundreds of proud trees that circle

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Floors Carpet at the cottage? A total no no. A harbinger of dust, food debris and grime the existing berber was threadbare and simply had to go.

Fortunately, the plyboard underneath was in sound condition and flat enough upon which to lay new flooring; we opted for solid oak by Kentwood — www.kentwoodfloors.com.

Choosing product with a scraped and slightly aged finish meant we future proofed, visually. Had we chosen a pristine, immaculate finish we’d have forever worried about scuffing, polishing and preening.

And besides — a little rustic is good, huh?

Doors Whoever designed the cottage several decades ago must have been immune to the charms of the lake.

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our wee home) was proudly born from a partially collapsing structure.

Anyway — Colin and Justin’s Cabin Pressure, we’re certain, will leave you breathless; for good reasons, we hope.

Come with us on our 13-week transformative journey (with one glorious ‘reveal’ per episode) as watch as we turn decorative and architectural tricks. If you like your TV with a bit of added drama you’re sure to appreciate the roller-coaster ride!

As a taster, consider today’s before and after photography.

And, take it from us; this was one of the easier zones that we tackled during the problematic project.

The logs were in sound condition and simply needed polished and filled in places to keep the hot — and then freezing — weather at bay.

Sure, we laid a floor, punched out windows and added new doors, but the overall look, essentially, was conspired via shopping trips to local barns and a few excursions into Toronto. Here’s how we cast our decorative spell. …

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Decoupage tabletop DEBBIE TRAVIS

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Logs were in sound condition and simply needed to be polished and filled in places to keep the hot — and then freezing — weather at bay.

VIEW: Opened up The structure, you see, is right by the shore with unobstructed vistas to clear spring fed waters and stunning arbory. Quite why the previous owners decided to limit the view through small windows is utterly beyond us.

As remedy, we hired a structural engineer to assess the viability of punching three sets of doors and, with his approval, and in conjunction with our contractor, we submitted our ideas to the planning office and waited.

Fortunately, approval landed and our plan materialized.

In association with Ross Windows and Doors (www.rosswindowsanddoors.com) we inserted three sets of grey painted portals and, when summer finally arrives, we’ll be flinging them open with abandon and charging outside to enjoy the climate.

Cos we are going to get a summer, right?

Recently I heard from a reader who was looking for the instructions to a wonderfully unique tabletop revamp she had seen on one of my shows.

The table is shown here, and was fashioned around the room’s theme, which celebrated the famous Italian designer Pietro Fornasetti.

His style was based on illusion, and his most famous image is that of a woman devoid of expression.

He turned out more than 500 versions of this enigmatic face, most of them on dinner plates.

Visit the Internet to discover plateware and also fabulous wallpaper patterns that celebrate Fornasetti’s designs.

The homeowner had a small pine table which I reinvented to be the centerpiece of the dining room.

I extended the size of the top so that eight people could sit comfortably around it by cutting a large circle from medium density fibreboard (MDF) and attached it to the table base. Then I decorated it with paint and decoupage.

The entire surface was primed and then painted with two coats of semi-gloss latex paint.

(Although the sheen of the paint is unimportant at this stage, matte black paint will show every fingerprint.)

A black and white photocopy of a Fornasetti image was neatly cut

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The black and white tabletop design features one of Fornasetti’s famous faces, and fits perfectly in a whimsical modern setting. out and adhered to the center of the table with wallpaper glue.

I used masking tape to block out sun rays of white paint radiating from the face.

Once dry, each ray was outlined in silver.

Six coats of water-based gloss varnish were applied for sheen and to seal the cutout.

It is the multiple varnish coats that create the illusion that the image is handpainted or drawn or even inlay work. The thin paper layer disappears under the varnish.

There are many imaginative ways to employ this cut and paste technique.

The cutout pieces can be paper of all kinds, or even pieces of fabric.

The cutouts are glued down using Mod Podge or decoupage glue or wallpaper glue.

Many coats of varnish seal the paper, creating

a smooth, hard surface on the decorated object.

The art of decoupage is customarily used to decorate small boxes and furniture pieces.

You can combine paint and decoupage to refinish a dresser, adding cutout details to drawers around the handles, trimming the edges and transforming the top.

Wrap cutouts around plain picture frames, glue monograms onto storage containers, personalize jewelry boxes with an artistic touch that is not difficult to master.

Search for images on line that can be downloaded and photocopied.

(Note that inkjet printer ink will smear when you apply varnish, use a colour printer or spray with a fixative.)

There’s a wealth of inspiration in leftover wallpaper rolls, maga-

zines, notepaper, and wrapping paper. Themes are endless covering any style you have in mind.

You can go one step further and use decoupage to add architectural detail to a room.

Paste on panel frames or chair rails to divide up wall space.

Glue small prints along a crown moulding to draw the eye up to a colourful ceiling — this works best with a high ceiling.

Decoupage is child’s play refined and finished to last.

Enjoy your project.

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Dining table Even though our house is surrounded by hemlock, we decided it wasn’t wise to chop one down for our own purposes. Doing so would have breached township standards, and besides: building a table (while not beyond us) would have taken time with sawmill costs, drying time and all manner of associated issues.

So we battled a path towards Camilla House Imports (www.camillahouse.com), who offer a custom service with tops cut to size to fit a selection of in house bases. Inspired by the inventory at Restoration Hardware, we selected this monolith which comfortably sits eight. Anchored either end with nickeldetailed leather chairs from Sunpan (www.sunpan. com) and dressed either side with shallow back modern Windsor style chairs from Urban Amish (www. urbanamish.ca), the dining vignette comes alive, especially when illuminated from above by a faux antler chandelier, from Camilla House, as before.

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Our quest for a squashy grey chesterfield drew to a conclusion when we found this sectional couch in Casa Life.

Check out the website (www.casalife.com) for inspired and affordable inventory, much of which would work equally well in a modern or cottage style environment.

Dressed with acres of Robert Allen fabric toss pillows, the crash zone is a tempting and comfy space where a hundred and one lazy evenings have already unraveled with friends and family.

While you might think black fabric an unusual choice for drapery, we are thrilled with the specification.

As we see it, the curtains provide a lovely anchor for all the woody finishes elsewhere as well as privacy when required and thorough light baffling against bright mornings.

We worked with Amazing Window Fashions (www. amazingwindowfashions.com — they’ll make and deliver across Canada) who produced exactly what we needed — lead weighted in the bottom hem, they swish dramatically across the black pole with ease.

So now you’ve seen the first of our cottage transformations. And very successful it was, too.

But how did the rest of the rooms transpire? Did everything go to plan? Eh, no.

Did we come in on budget. No. Is it all finished now? No. Take it from us; there are still so many aspects to be completed. A laundry room, for example, which is currently in disarray.

Oh, and landscaping to be finished. And army of mice to be chased.

And a hundred or so feet of in ground plumbing (from our new Bunkie) to be installed when the ice age — that is Muskoka — finally thaws.

Yes indeed, there is much to be done. …

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Choosing a heat pump Question: Can you ers are 100 per cent efhelp me understand if ficient in terms of how heat pumps make sense much of the electrical instead of a furnace? energy that goes into They seem like a good them comes out as heat, idea but my and though heating conthere aren’t tractor isn’t huge gains to crazy about be made with them. new heatShould I ers, there are stick with a some. propane boilToday’s er and conmost adventional A/C vanced elecfor my new tric heaters place? make it easiAnswer: er to control Heat pumps room temmake sense in peratures two ways. individually STEVE Ground because they MAXWELL source modoperate with els gather wireless therand concenmostats. trate heat energy from This let’s you dial the earth and deliver it back the temperature to your home, yielding of specific rooms on a about three times more schedule, even if your heat than the electricity current home isn’t wired they use to operate. for additional thermoHeat pumps also op- stats. erate in reverse during Also, the latest heater hot weather, transferring designs vary heat output heat from your home into depending on the need, the ground. All this said, while older models are there are a few things to either completely on or consider on the liability completely off. side.

A slower, gentler heat Ground source heat output allows more acpumps are much more curate control of room expensive to install than temperature and no furnaces because they overheating past the set require the installation point. of pipes in the soil.

In addition to modest Also, in the event of energy savings, the best a prolonged power out- modern electric heaters age, a ground source also look much better heat pump will require than older models. a fairly large generator to operate and deliver heat.

Do your best to determine the total annual energy consumption figQuestion: What’s with ure for your home, then the plastic ducts my contranslate this number tractor installed as part into a ballpark annual of my new heating syscost of operation for the tem? various other heating They’re soft, covered options you’re considerin what looks like garing. bage bag material and A ground source heat they seem easy to dampump will certainly offer age. the lowest cost of operaAnswer: What you’ve tion, but that’s only part got are insulated, flexof the equation. ible ducts and they’re Be sure to include used wherever cold, the amortized cost of inoutdoor air is being stalling all equipment, drawn into the house, and the annual interest you’re not earning on that money as you compare various options.

I think you’ll find a heat pump still makes sense, but you should understand the entire situation before deciding.

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Protecting plastic ducts

Photo by STEVE MAXWELL/freelance

Above: These pipes are being installed as part of a ground source heat pump installation. Heat pumps like these extract heat from the earth, delivering about three times as much energy as the electricity they consume.

Right: The metal cover protecting this flexible, insulated pipe is a circular metal duct, opened up and fastened to the ceiling with metal straps. usually as part of a heat recovery ventilator installation.

The built-in insulation and vapour barrier you see on these pipes are essential to prevent condensation and frost build up on the outside of ducts during cold weather, but this material is also easily torn.

A great way to protect ducts like these is with some traditional metal ducting used in an unusual way.

Don’t snap together the central seam along the length of the metal duct, but leave it open,

just as it comes from the store.

This forms a trough that enshrouds the vulnerable, flexible duct after it’s installed. You can anchor the metal duct to the surrounding framing members directly with screws or indirectly with metal straps.

Steve Maxwell, syndicated home improvement and woodworking columnist, has shared his DIY tips, how-to videos and product reviews since 1988. Get home improvement and renovation advice directly from Steve at www.stevemaxwellhowto. com.

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BELICH Beatrice Beatrice “Betty” Belich of Sylvan Lake passed away on March 13, 2014 at the age of 88. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church, Sylvan Lake on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 1:00 P.M. Interment will follow in the Sylvan Lake Cemetery. A complete obituary will follow at a later date. Condolences may be forwarded to www.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements.

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BELITSKY Lawrence On Wednesday, March 12, 2014, Lawrence Eugene Belitsky, passed away at the age of 75. He will be lovingly remembered by his children, Myles (Kathy), Brenda (Steve), Colleen (Dean) and Brad (Erika); grandchildren, Michael (Brandy), Matthew (Eunika), Julianne, Courtney, Zachary, Holly, Carley, Joshua, Ryan and Kelson; his sister, Isabelle (Edmund) and many family and friends. Lawrence was predeceased by his wife, Audrey; his parents and several siblings. A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 11:00 am at Hainstock’s Funeral Home, 9810 34 Avenue, Edmonton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choice.

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BJORNSON Haldor Johannes (Hal) Hal Bjornson passed away peacefully on March 7, 2014 at Foothills Hospital in Calgary, Alberta. Born February 10, 1920, in Crestview, Manitoba, the eldest of seven children of Helga (Egilson) and Johann Björnsson, Swan River Valley homesteaders of Icelandic ancestry. Typical of many growing up on Depression-era Prairie farms, he left school after grade 8 to help support his family. During WWII, Hal enlisted and served as a Light Anti- Aircraft Artillery Gunner, initially with Americans defending the Aleutians in Alaska, and then with Allies liberating France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. After WWII, Hal pursued a retail management career at Macleods hardware stores that spanned 38 years, starting in Swan River, Manitoba; then in Humbolt, Sk. and Stettler, AB; and finally retiring as store manager in Red Deer, Alberta. In Stettler, he met Minnie Rankin; they married in 1955 and celebrated 50 years of marriage before her passing in 2005. Hal and Minnie moved to Red Deer in 1963, where they raised their family. Hal was a successful businessman and generous volunteer, supportive of Gaetz Memorial United Church, the Masonic Lodge, the Waskasoo Kiwanis Club and the Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal in Red Deer. Hal’s love of being in front of people brought him back to retail management at Ben Moss Jewellery store and Eaton’s, and then at Red Deer General Hospital and later at Foothills Hospital. Predeceased by beloved wife, Minnie; sister, Dorothy; and brothers, Jonas, Kristin, Lawrence and John.Survived by son Bruce, his wife Alison, and their children Ian and Lindsay; daughter Brenda, her children Kayleigh and Jordan, and their father, Alvin Szott; and daughter Charlotte, her son, Justin and her fiancé Darcy Dunkle; brother, Elmer and his wife Ruby; several nieces and nephews and extended family.

Also survived by “adopted family” Hugo and Sirley Moreno and their children Camilla, Valentina and Sarah, who became part of Dad`s life as “Grandpa”; caregivers and friends, Marineth Villostas, Raquel Otis and Hilmer Moreno, whose kind, gentle and loving care was deeply appreciated, enabling continued enjoyment of life in his Calgary condominium. We are deeply indebted for the kind, caring nurses on Unit 100 and 111 at Foothills Hospital. Our “Dad” and “Grandpa” was a wonderful, optimistic, loving man who had a sincere interest in everyone he met. His life represented the best in humanity, where everyone was important and valued. These words reflect Dad’s life: “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” Dad was a good man, who touched many lives and will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him. A memorial service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, March 15th, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, Hal requested donations in his name to the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal, 2 Overlea Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario, M4H 1P4, or the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 202, 5913-50 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4C4. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

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BERRY 1930 - 2014 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Arthur “Art” James Berry on Sunday, March 9, 2014 at the age of 84 years. Art was born in Lloydminster, SK and raised on the family farm near Marwayne, AB. Art attended Alberta College in Edmonton and went on to have a lifetime career in the construction industry in both Regina and Red Deer, culminating in owning his own business as a housing contractor in Red Deer: Arber Crest Homes. Art’s memory will be cherished by his loving family: his devoted wife of 60 years Shirley, their three children, Laurie (Karl) Jonas and their children Erich (Nicole) and Andrew; Kathy (Henry) Klumpenhower and their children, Jason (Shari), Heather (Ryan) Plett, and Alisa (Brian) Barnim; George (Laura) and their children, Rachael and Sarah.

Art also leaves an endless source of delight, his eleven great-grandchildren. He will be sadly missed and fondly remembered by special cousin, Maria Cooper and family of Hobart, Australia and long-time friends, Ernie and Mary Litzenburger and family of Regina, SK as well as numerous in-laws, nieces and nephews.

Art was predeceased by his parents and his siblings, Margaret, Andrew and Harold.

The family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the staff of the Red Deer Hospice for their wonderful care and support. A Memorial Service to celebrate Art’s life will be held at the Sunnybrook United Church, 12 - Stanton Street, Red Deer, AB on Monday, March 17, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society 99 - Arnot Avenue, Red Deer AB T4R 3S6. Condolences to Art’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca.

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CADDY V.E.J. (Jim) Jim Caddy of Red Deer passed away on Sunday, March 9, 2014 at the age of 92 years. Jim was born and raised in Pontypridd, South Wales on August 6, 1921.

After joining the R.A.F., he came to Canada in 1941, stationed at Penhold, where he met and married Jessie Barwick of Rimbey in 1943.

After James Jr. was born in 1944, they returned to Wales where John was born, and in 1948, they returned to Red Deer permanently where Jerry Gene Geoff and Joan were born. After working as a carpenter for several years, he began his own concrete business, where he remained until his retirement in 1995.

He and Jessie remained in the house he built by hand in 1952 and he continued to live there after her passing in 2002. Jim will be lovingly remembered by sons; James (Cheryl) of 100 Mile House, BC, John (Colleen) of Red Deer, Jerry (Marg) of Eckville, Gene (Jan) of Red Deer, Geoff (Deb) of Red Deer, daughter Joan (John) Donald of Red Deer, seventeen grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren. He is also survived by sisters; Vera Peachy of Ross on Sea, England, Violet Dixon of Rhydyfelin, S. Wales, and Rhoda Hughes of Cardiff, S. Wales. Jim was predeceased by his loving wife of 59 years Jessie, sister Valerie, and brother Vernon. A private family service will be held at a later date. Memorial tributes in Jim’s name may be made directly to the Salvation Army, 132, 2325 50 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4R 1L2. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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SMITH Lorna Mary Lorna had a surprised attack with cancer, but through God’s grace, a rapid departure.

She passed away peacefully on the morning of March 7, 2014. She was born on April 6, 1930 in Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Lorna met her loving husband, Stewart Smith, in 1947, became engaged in 1948 and were married in 1950. They were blessed with the birth of one son, Malcolm Stewart Smith, on June 27, 1953. On July 5, 1958 they moved to Canada.

Lorna was a very active lady and loved bicycling, bird watching, fishing, flowers, cats and walking her dogs.

She helped others through nursing, enjoyed telling stories to children and Sunday School students, and dedicated thirty five years to serving with the Girl Guides organization. Lorna is survived by her husband Stewart Smith, Daughter-in-law Leah Smith and two Grandchildren, Michelle and Michael. Lorna was predeceased by her parents Alfred and Mary Johnson Hill and by her son Malcolm in March 8, 2010. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Alix FCSS or Alix food bank.

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GROSE, Morley Oct. 12, 1930 - Mar. 10, 2014 Morley Grose of Clive, Alberta passed away peacefully on March 10, 2014. He leaves behind his loving wife Margaret, Sons; Warren (Wanda) and David; 5 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. A Celebration of his life will be held at St Andrews United Church in Lacombe, Alberta on Monday March 17, 2014, at 1:00 PM. If desired, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer Funeral Directors Society of Alberta, #105, & Services 4419-50 Ave, Red Deer, AB T4N 3Z5 or to a charity of one’s choice. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

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The family of Taryn Stork is thrilled to announce the upcoming wedding of Taryn to Jason French.

Wedding to take place on June 28 in Toronto.

Card Of Thanks MACKIE Thank you to A.B.C. Country for the lovely dinner they served on my 80th Birthday in their cozy fireplace room.

Also thanks to Vera-Marie and Art Leedholm for the lively music. ~Thank You Shirley Mackie

Celebrations The family of Vic and Gem Fitch invite their friends to join them for a “come-and-go” celebration of their parents’ 80th birthdays, and soon-to-be 56th anniversary.

WHEN: Sunday, March 23 from 2 - 5 p.m.

WHERE: Lacombe Memorial Centre, SERVUS CREDIT UNION ROOM 5214 - 50th Ave., Lacombe AB No gifts or cards please.

Light refreshments will be served.

Your presence is all we request!

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In loving memory of: Alf Ahrens 1947-2007 Lou Ahrens 1935-2012 May the winds of love Blow softly, And whisper so you’ll hear We will always love and miss you And wish that you were here Always loved and sadly missed, Lois, Ashley, Beth, Val and families

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Brent Richard Neville Oct. 5, 1984 - Mar. 17, 2006 Eight years have passed since losing Brent, a part of us died with Brent on that dark Friday morning, our hearts will bleed forever. The memory will never fade and we will carry Brent with us everywhere we go. On March 17th, 2006 (his Mom’s birthday) Brent was killed by an impaired driver in Calgary.

Brent was 21. Brent’s death has put us into a spiral of grief that countless other victims’ families can relate to.

It is a loss no one can heal and gratefully, a love no one can steal. For all the families suffering the loss of someone you love, you don’t get over it; you just get through it. You don’t get by it, because you can’t get around it. It doesn’t “get better”; it just gets different. Everyday grief puts on a new face. We pray in time the pain gets softer, we learn to be gentle with ourselves and take one day at a time. Smile for the great memories we have and cry less for what we cannot change. We believe that we will one day meet again and always keep the faith! The Neville family has created a registered charity for Brent to keep his memory alive and to make sure his short life is not in vain. Nev Foundation has a “NEV SUITE” to honour Brent at the Ronald McDonald House Central Alberta, Brent’s charity supports MADD Canada programs and Educational Scholarships. www.nevfoundation.com.

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F/T FEED TRUCK OPERATOR for large expanding feed lot in Sundre.

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ARNETT & BURGESS Oilfield Construction Limited is immediately looking for a full-time for the Blackfalds shop/yard.

Responsibilities include loading of heavy equipment, inventory tracking, shipping/ receiving, hotshots, and yard maintenance.

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ACCOUNTANT Established CGA firm in Stettler requires an accountant for personal tax preparation. Temporary position, may lead to permanent employment.

Email resume to TandP_cga@telus.net Attn: Rebecca

YARD SUPERVISOR NOW HIRING

PRODUCTION TESTING EXPERIENCED SUPERVISORS and TESTERS Day & Night IT NETWORK Must have tickets.

ADMINISTRATOR Top paid wages. required FULL TIME. Medical Based out of Devon, AB. Min 3-5 years Email resume to: Looking for a new pet?

HANDS ON EXPERIENCE. Check out Classifieds to kathy@dragonsbreathpt.ca MSCE/MSCA, CompTIA A BUSY MEDICAL OFFICE find the purrfect pet. requires a & Network Certifications.

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CLASSIFIEDS job training is provided but Please submit resume to qualifications will be SERVICE RIG stevel@telus.net at considered. Starting wages Hiring full time Operation Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd Longhurst Consulting OIL & GAS OPERATOR $14/hr. Please fax resume is seeking exp’d Coordinator/Field or fax: 403-309-3920 Bearspaw currently has a to 403-342-2024.

FLOORHANDS & Supervisor for local oilfield position in our Stettler field DERRICK HANDS testing company operations for an intermediate Restaurant/ Locally based, home every Must be local (Red Deer area) oil and gas operator. Applicants night! Qualified applicants Hotel Must have testing must have experience as a must have all necessary experience Oilfield heavy duty mechanic or valid tickets for the position Competitive salary Cameron Bay Holdings Inc. journeyman instrument being applied for.

Health benefits offered o/a McDonald’s requires a mechanic and possess LOCAL SERVICE CO. Bearspaw offers a Send resume to RESTAURANT MANAGER strong mechanical skills, in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. very competitive salary ken@darkstarproduction. be quick learners, motivated for our Gasoline Alley Stores, VACUUM TRUCK and benefits package com located at 37479 Hwy 2, and hard working and live OPERATOR along with a steady and 37428 Hwy 2, Red Deer. or be willing to relocate Must have Class 3 licence work schedule.

Yearly salary is between Buying or Selling within a 20 minute commute w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Please submit resumes: $38,000.00 - $43,000.00. your home? to workplace location. This Fax resume w/drivers Attn: Human Resources Must have 3 to 5 yrs exp.

Check out Homes for Sale position offers a challenging abstract to 403-886-4475 Email: and be able to supervise in Classifieds work environment, attractive hr@bearspawpet.com 30 to 70 employees. Flexible benefits with competitive Fax: (403) 258-3197 or hours needed as both pay and significant room Mail to: Suite 5309, restaurants are 24 hours. for promotion.

333-96 Ave. NE Oilfield McDonald’s experience is Please submit resumes Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 preferred but we will consider all applicants.

Attn: Human Resources Benefits and bonus email:kwolokoff@ RED DEER CITY program offered. Fax bearspawpet.com Professionals resume to 403-783-4251 or Fax 403-252-9719 email to cbay22@telus.net Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 EYEWEAR ASSOCIATION Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 DINO’S TAKE OUT LIQUIDATORS LOOKING FOR EXP’D Something for Everyone requires P/T AND F/T DELIVERY Business Operations Manager – Red Deer, AB Everyday in Classifieds OPTICAL ASSISTANT DRIVER. Training provided.

Please apply in person Summary: Celebrate your life Apply in person with w/resume to: The Business Operations Manager will be responsible for daywith a Classified resume to: 4924 59 St. 130, 3121 49 AVE. to-day operations, managing the organization’s HR, helping and ANNOUNCEMENT Red Deer, AB. Red Deer creating organizational and program budgets in collaboration with the Board of Directors (BoD) and the staff, and other misc. tasks.

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Qualifications: Post-secondary degree – preferred in some area of business and/or marketing Experience: Five years of non-profit related work experience in business, marketing and experienced in dealing with mid-senior level executives.

Wise Intervention Services Inc. is now hiring for the following positions: • Coil Tubing Supervisors • Coil Tubing Operators • Boom Truck Operators • Nitrogen Pump Operators • Fluid Pump Operators • Field Mechanics Competitive Wages and Benefits. Extended rotations available (22/13). Priority given to applicants with relevant experience, Class 1 Drivers License and Valid Oilfield Tickets Wise is a leading oilfield services provider that is committed to Quality and Safety excellence. By empowering positive attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values, our employees care for the success of one another.

Skills: • Must have excellent marketing skills • Excellent people manager, open to direction and collaborative work style and commitment to get the job done • Excellent writing, editing, communication and interpersonal skills • Excellent PC skills • Persuasive with details and facts • Budget development and oversight experience Essential Duties & Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following: Financial - Review financial statements and data and recommend effective strategies or organization.

Best Practices - Improve processes and policies in support of organizational goals.

Human Resources – Working with the Board of Directors (BoD) plan the use of human resources. Monitor and evaluate performance in partnership with the BoD. Communication & Marketing- Facilitates the development of a positive image, reputation, marketing opportunities and awareness of the organization throughout our demographic area.

Strategic Input - Assist in the development of strategic plans for operational activity. Implement and manage operational plans.

Risk Management - Oversee organizational insurance policies.

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RAMADA INN & SUITES req’s. ROOM ATTENDANTS Exp. pref’d, but not necessary.

F/T wk days & weekends.

Approx. 35 hrs/wk. Bonus program. Rate: $13.50/hr.

Applicants may apply in person at 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 or email: info@ramadareddeer.com

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SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

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Motor coach company looking for 4th year or journeyman. Experience with motor coaches preferred. Send resume to frontbus@platinum.ca or fax 403.-347-4999 NEW EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Experienced Screedman Rakerman Finish Roller Operator †Email resume: office@ccal.com Fax resume: (403) 885-5137

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RENTAL & TRUCKING Company looking for class 1 picker/winch operator to join our team. 15 on 6 off schedule, salary plus bonus and benefits. Please send current resume & drivers abstract to info@ gsequipmentcanada.com or fax 403-346-5127.

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Please submit your resume online to our website: www.pronghorn.ca; Careers Section For additional information: Call Tom – 403-844-3800 We appreciate all submissions; however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years professional administrative experience and the ability to work independently and be self-directed. This position requires strong computer skills using the following software: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Adobe.

Prior experience in the construction, maintenance and/or electrical/instrumentation industry is preferred. Inventory control and invoicing experience would be considered additional assets.

Here’s what we offer: • Large Inventory – 2 locations to sell from • Flexible Hours • Excellent Reputation • Excellent Pay Structure • Excellent Benefit Plan

STAIR MANUFACTURER Req’s F/T workers to build stairs in Red Deer shop.

MUST HAVE basic carpentry skills. Salary based on skill level. Benefits avail. Apply in person at 100, 7491 Edgar Industrial Bend. email: earl707@telus.net. and/or fax 403-347-7913 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

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Decoking Services Company looking for experienced pigging operators / foremen for work in refineries cleaning fired heaters. Northern Alberta rates apply.

Please fax resume to 403 342 7447 attention: human resources

One of Alberta’s premium used vehicle operations is looking for a full-time sales consultant.

Sales Experience is a requirement.

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BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and SOAP Stories is seeking 5 comm.abstract to retail sales reps. Selling 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net soap & bath products.

DRIVERS for furniture $12.10 hr + bonus & commission. Ft No exp. req`d. moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Red Deer. email resume to long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person. premierjobrd@gmail.com 6630 71 St. Bay 7 SYNIK CLOTHING - Retail Red Deer. 403-347-8841 Clothing P/T, 20-30 hrs./wk Gasoline Alley apply within. EXP’D CLASS 1 end dump driver for local haul. Please fax resume with driver’s WIRELESS WORLD abstract 403-342-6881 requires 2 Retail Sales Associates for Bower Place Mall, 149A 4900 Molly Banister Drive., Red Deer, AB; FT, perm to start ASAP; Will train, provide direct mobile phone sales and customer support services at P/T to F/T location & other duties; WATER TRUCK $12.00/hr. Email Resume: DRIVERS retailjobs@ w/Class 3Q. H2S Alive mywirelessworld.ca tickets required.

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Premium wages paid.

Will train suitable Trades candidates.

Fax resume and driver’s BRICAR CONTRACTING abstract to: now hiring Heavy Equip(403) 343-8385 email ment Operators, Skid thewaterbus@hotmail.com Steer Operators and Laborers. Send resumes to: office@bricar.ca or fax 403-347-6296

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ELEMENTS is looking 5 Beauty Treatment Operators.

Selling seasonal gift packages & personal care products in Parkland Mall-4747 67th St Red Deer, $14.55/Hr. Plus bonus & commission, F/T, Beauty certification req’d email resumes: elementsreddeerbto@ gmail.com

FULL TIME SALES POSITION

Submit resume to ajpeturson@gmail.com by March 27, 2014.

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JOSE JOSE LATIN RESTAURANT IS HIRING!!

COOKS HELPER Please drop off your resume at #9 7110-50 Ave or call 403-986-5673

For more information see

This is a full time position. Some additional work outside maybe required for association events.

Salary and benefits to be negotiated based on qualifications and experience.

6905 Edgar Industrial Drive Red Deer, AB T4P 3R2 office@rdcsa.com 403-346-4259; Fax: 403-340-1044

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VFA Pork, a farrow to finish operation, is looking for a full-time hog farm workers supervisor. Preferably college ed. in swine production.20 Min. west of Lacombe. $15-18/hour, dep. on experience. Email or fax resumes: vfapork@ gmail.com/403-782-4854.

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Red Deer Oilfield Construction Company EXPERIENCE with ISN, COMPLY WORKS, C.O.R. Only people with experience apply.

Send resume either by email or fax: 403-340-3471 info@dynamicprojects.ca

PROFESSIONAL Truck Driver Position Available

www.ads-pipe.com Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., the world’s largest and most innovative manufacturer of HDPE drainage products is expanding and are currently accepting applications for a certified Class 1 Driver, with a minimum of two (2) years B-train trailer experience.

ADS Drivers are required to safely operate company equipment and provide a high level of customer service, delivering our products within central Alberta. ADS Drivers are required to be drug free and maintain legal transportation paperwork and driving practices. This position requires a valid Class 1 License, with previous off road forklift experience a definite asset. We offer quarterly cash safety bonuses as well as a comprehensive medical plan.

Benefits include: Company provided Group Canadian Benefits Voluntary dental Life insurance Short-term and long-term disability Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) and Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) Paid Vacation Safety Bonus All applicants are subject to a pre-employment physical and MVR check.

Interested Applicants may submit a resume, along with a current drivers abstract to: Advanced Drainage Systems Canada Inc. 4316 Gerdts Ave. Blindman Ind. Park Red Deer County, AB. T4S-2A8 Fax: (403) 346-5806 E-mail ken.mccutcheon@ ads-pipe.com Position closing date: March 28, 2014 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

850 TRUCKERS

Busy road construction company looking for Class 1, Class 3, and winch truck drivers. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have at least 3 yr’s exp. Fax resume to 403-309-0489

RENTAL TECHNICIAN

QUALIFICATIONS

• Exceptional interpersonal, communication and organizational skills • Able to work effectively under pressure and meet deadlines • Pressure control experience an asset • First Aid/CPR, H2S Trained • Valid Class 5 Drivers license Email: careers@wesc.ca Mail: AERO Rental Services 6525-67th Street Red Deer, Alberta T4P 1A3 Fax: (403) 356-1370 Website: www.wesc.ca

We offer competitive pay, benefits and opportunities for advancement. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those who will be interviewed will be contacted.

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ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts: PRECAST INSTALLATION LABORERS CONCRETE FINISHERS CARPENTERS/ WOODWORKERS STEEL REINFORCEMENT LABORERS OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATORS GENERAL LABORERS Top wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

SPRING START Community Support Worker Program

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Women in the Trades Program

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Math and Science for the Trades Program GED Preparation Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca Start your career!

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www.eaglebuilders.ca

We thank all applicants but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

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Aero Rental Services, a division of Western Energy Services Partnership is currently looking for a candidate to fill the following position. The Rental Technician will provide support to field operations and personnel; responsible for taking calls, filing customer orders, generating work orders and POs as well as coordinating transport.

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer

Is recruiting a

PARTS PERSON to join our award winning parts team.

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ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

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AFTERNOON newspaper carriers needed in the following areas:

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INGLEWOOD AREA SUNNYBROOK AREA

BOWER

VANIER AREA

The successful applicant should have: • Good computer and solid organizational skills • Team player attitude • Willingness to learn and adapt.

• Experience with the Ford DMS invoicing, ordering system is an asset.

Call Prodie: 403-314-4301 for more info

Submit your resume to: Doug Roberts Parts Manager Fourlane Ford Sales Ltd. Email: droberts@fourlaneford.com Ph: 403-227-3311 weekdays 403-350-9535 after 5PM Mail: 4412 50 Street, Innisfail, AB T4G 1P7

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Competitive remuneration and benefit package for the right person

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DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

MOUNTVIEW

Kennings Cres. & Kirby St. also

WEST PARK WESTLAKE

Keen Cres. & Kendrew Dr.

For more information phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info DRIVING INSTRUCTORS, training provided for Rimbey, Drayton Valley, Ponoka and Red Deer.

Streetwise Driving School.

340-8848

LABOUR

CARRIERS NEEDED ANDERS AREA

Experienced Automotive Business Manager

Abbott Close / Anders St.

The successful candidate will be a motivated, customer-focused and results-driven individual with minimum 3 years experience as a Business Manager in an Automotive Dealership with strong business office knowledge and skills. If you are an individual with a vision to help the department reach new height and be rewarded financially we would be interested in discussing your potential future with our company.

Isherwood Close

Looking for reliable newspaper carrier for 1 day per week delivery of the Central Alberta Life in the town of

Issard Close

INNISFAIL

LANCASTER AREA

Packages come ready for delivery.

No collecting.

INGLEWOOD AREA

Lacey Close / Lennon Close Landry Close / Lawson Close

Lund Close

MORNING

MORRISROE AREA

Qualifications: • 3 years automotive dealership Business Management experience • Knowledge & understanding of F & I products • Strong communication and business skills • Excellent organization and multitasking • Computer literate • Knowledge of ADP an asset

Marion Cres / McKenzie Cres SUNNYBROOK AREA

WESTLAKE

Sherwood Cres.

For more information phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316

VANIER AREA

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Viscount Drive Volks Place / Vanier Drive 376688C10-15

Vanson Close / Visser St.

Clothing NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

Busy road construction company looking for safety person. Work is throughout the province. Experience is an asset but willing to train the right person. Must have a valid Class 5 driver’s license. Fax resume 403-309-0489

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

Enumerators Needed 2014 MUNICIPAL CENSUS

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LADIES clothing, large variety, size 8-10, box full $20 403-314-9603

SAFETY PERSON

To deliver 1 day a week in BOWDEN

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newspaper carriers needed in the following areas:

Vicar Street / McKee Close

We offer a competitive commission based incentive plan.

Please send resume to andrea@pikewheatonchev.ca

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Lamont Close

Performance Criteria: • Gross profit achievement • Achievement of forecasted targets • Dealership sales penetration levels

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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

880 ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK in CLEARVIEW and CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREAS

For further information on this position, please contact 403-885-4677 or email hr@blackfalds.com. All interested applicants are to submit a resume no later than Friday, March 21, 2014 to:

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Thank you to those who are interested and apply. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Crossley St., Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., Connaught Cres. & Cody Pl. $190/mo.

2 Blocks of Cosgrove Cres. $80/mo.

ALSO Cunningham Cres. $50/mo.

DEER PARK AREA 104 to 194 Blocks of Douglas St. $58/mo.

ALSO Dietz Close, Durie Close and 1 block of Davison Dr. $51/mo.

EASTVIEW Erickson Dr., Eldrige Cr., Everitt Cr., Elkin Cl., $187/mo.

ALSO 37 Ave. from 39 St. to 44 St. and Exeter Cr. and 38A Ave. Area $111/mo.

GRANDVIEW AREA 41 Ave. from Ross St. to 44 St. + 4000 Block of 47 St. &44 Block of 40A Ave. $63/mo.

ALSO 40A, 41 & 42 Ave. between 39 St. & 44 St. $120/mo.

ALSO 43 Ave. Area between 39 St. and 43 St. $61/mo MICHENER AREA West of 40Ave. between Ross St. and 52 Ave. $264/mo ROSEDALE AREA Rowell Cl. & Ritson Cl. $87/mo.

ALSO West half of Robinson Cres, Rich Cl., & Ryan Cl. Area. $84/mo.

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Town of Blackfalds, Box 220, 5018 Waghorn Street, Blackfalds AB, T0M 0J0 fax: 403-885-4610 | email: hr@blackfalds.com website: www.blackfalds.com

SOLID OAK DINING TABLE. Seats 6 and includes 2 leaves to extend table to seat 10. Comes with 4 chairs. Excellent condition. $145 obo.

Phone 403-346-2426 SQUARE, OPAQUE GLASS TOP TABLE AND 2 CHAIRS. Excellent condition. $60 obo.

Phone 403-346-2426

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

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Looking for some exercise and a little extra cash?

The Town of Blackfalds is currently recruiting enumerators to assist in conducting the 2014 Municipal Census to be held in May and June. Enumerators must be at least 18 years of age, have basic computer skills, be available to work 20-30 hours per week during the census (including evenings and weekends), walk in various weather conditions carrying and operating a computer tablet.

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Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316

Addington Drive

CRAFTSMAN 3 hp 10” blade mitre saw $79; rolling tool bag, HD wheels, telescoping handles $35 403-342-7460

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Addinnell Close / Allan St. Anders Close

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Tools

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Busy road construction company looking for Labours. Work is throughout Alberta. Must have a Class 5 license. Fax resume to 403-309-0489

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

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DRILL press with stand, PART-TIME ITC 5 spd. $75; INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA Belt sander, Superior 6”, CENTER SUPPORT $35.

Chinook’s Edge School 403-782-6050 Division No. 73 invites WORKMATE Work Bench. applications for a 0.8 FTE $40 obo. Phone temporary Media Center 403-346-2426.

Support position at the Instructional Media Center in Bowden, effective March 17, 2014. The successful Firewood candidate, will fill orders, ship materials, take AFFORDABLE inventory, process new Homestead Firewood materials and complete Spruce & Pine - Split other clerical duties as 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 required. Preference will be given to individuals with LOGS secretarial training, Semi loads of pine, spruce, shipping and receiving tamarack, poplar. experience, strong TRI-WEST technology skills, including SECURITY ALBERTA Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging Word, Excel, and database 403-318-4346 experience. The successis looking for qualified: ful candidate will also be Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner self-motivated, and BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / EXECUTIVE possess outstanding Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 organizational, telephone SECURITY OFFICERS and communication skills.

Previous experience with For employment in Red Deer Household Alberta Education CurricuFurnishings Applicants must have lum and an automated previous distribution software packLaw Enforcement/ CARD TABLE & four age would be assets.

Corrections/Military chairs. One small tear in Cover letter and resume, background, a valid security table top but otherwise in complete with the names license req’d. Positions avail. excellent condition and and telephone numbers of are P/T Mondays and very sturdy. $20 obo. three current work related Tuesdays. Starting wage is Phone 403-346-2426. references are accepted $23-$25/hr. pending China Cabinet. $40 obo. by email only and should experience. Please email Phone 403-346-2426. be forwarded to: your resume to: Shawn Russell, Associate triwestab@yahoo.ca COMPUTER Desk with Superintendent - People lots of storage space. $30 Services Chinook’s Edge obo. Phone 403-346-2426.

Employment School Division No. 73 COMPUTER desk, large Email:careers@ Training with 1 drawer, 1 cupboard, chinooksedge.ab.ca lots of shelving. $150. obo For information on 403-598-0540 Chinook’s Edge School Division No. 73, please COUCH with floral pattern.

TRAINING CENTRE check our website Custom made.

OILFIELD TICKETS (www.chinooksedge.ab.ca) Excellent condition.

Industries #1 Choice!

Applications will be $190 obo.

“Low Cost” Quality Training accepted until 12:00 noon, Phone 403-346-2426.

403.341.4544 Thursday, March 20, 2014.

24 Hours ENTERTAINMENT CENTER The successful applicant Toll Free 1.888.533.4544 with 32” TV. Exc. condiwill be required to provide tion. $50 obo. Phone a Criminal Record check R H2S Alive (ENFORM) 403-346-2426. and Child Intervention R First Aid/CPR (Welfare) check. While we R Confined Space KITCHEN TABLE thank all applicants for with bench seating for R WHMIS & TDG their interest, only those 3 plus 2 chairs. Storage R Ground Disturbance individuals selected for space under bench seats.

R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. interviews will be Excellent condition.

R D&C (LEL) contacted. Resumes of $80 obo. individuals not granted an #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. Phone 403-346-2426 interview will not be kept (across from Totem) (across from Rona North) on file.

LIVING ROOM CHAIR WITH HIGH BACK. Resident Apartment Blue. Excellent condition. $75 obo.

Manager - Red Deer Phone 403-346-2426.

27 units, quiet, adult, no smoking, no pets Collect rent, clean, building maintenance, Sidewalks and grass.

Renovation skills a plus CLASSIFICATIONS Criminal record check.

1500-1990 Send resumes with QUEEN MATTRESS experience, expectations (Sealy Perfect Sleeper) and references to: Children's Like new, used very little. resumes@ $250 obo.

Items wunschdevelopments.ca Call 403-343-7389 or fax: 780-452-8284 or 403-350-9029 LEAPSTER L-MAX w/tv cables, game, good cond. SHEET set, afghan, cush$35 403-314-9603 ions $20 403-314-9603

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Kentwood

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SOUTHSIDE RV Parts & Service Department is now accepting resumes for: RV Technicians RV Service Writers RV Parts Personnel Competitive wages and benefits. Fax resumes to 403-309-3860 email: rvparts@ southsidereddeer.com or drop off in person, attention Matt Peterson 2804 Gaetz Ave. Red Deer

(Reliable vehicle needed.)

Experienced Ford parts person or 3rd year apprentice preferred. Back counter (shop) will be the main focus, along with helping on the front counter and phones.

This is a full time position Monday to Friday and some Saturday mornings.

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(1) 15”x30” Painted in brilliant colors of Chief Crowfoot’s Peace Party PowPow at sunset. $200.

403-347-7405 (2) Blackfoot Holyman’s Shield, 18”x30”. $195. for both. 403-347-7405 2 WOOL ACCENT MATCHING 5X7 CARPETS & 1 matching oval. Clean, will sell separately. $45.

DAVID WINTER COLLECTORS HOUSES in original boxes. $20/ea.

CANNON K920 Copier machine w/metal stand.

Exc. cond. $75.

403-352-8811 6 LAMINATED shelving boards 5/8” thick x 16”w, various lengths, all $40; 2 boxes of nails, all lengths, box of electrical items $3/box; desk top fan 3 spd $10; 25 legal office file holders $10; deer antler mount on shield $60; 3 stacking chairs, metal frames $8/ea, ice pick custom made for ice fishing $47 403-314-2026 DIE cast models, cars, truck, and motorcycles, fairies, dragons and biker gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east end of Cash Casino KENMORE White microwave oven 800W, $30.

KENMORE model 30 dehumidifier, exc. cond., $75.

POTTERY SOUP SET with urn & label. 4 bowls, casserole dish & salad bowl w/4 plates, like new, $95. 403-352-8811 OAKLEY Sunglasses model D Whisker Silver /00BLK IRID, polar, never used, $95.

403-352-8811 PRECISION water distiller and reservoir, PWS 8MST seldom used, new $799, your price $150 403-755-2760 SET OF smoked glass pots and lids, all sizes $25; assortment of queen sheets sets, mattress cover $30, elec. roasting pan $20; antique bean crock pot $25 403-348-6449

Office Supplies

1800

(1) 3’x6 ‘ next to new General Manager’s Desk, light caramel in color. $195. 403-347-7405

Sporting Goods

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GOLF bag, men’s large. as new. $25. 403-782-6050

TIMBERSTONE AREA

GOLF CART trailer, tilting $200. 403-782-6050

Timberstone Way $302/mo.

MARTIN-SUMMIT II compound bow plus Sight 6 arrows, glove, arm band, adjustable draw weight 35-50, draw length 27”, $100 obo 403-755-2760

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

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CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430 To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

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Income Property

13-unit apt. bldg., Red Deer Ind. metered units Below market rents Free & clear financing Call Karen Barry, Broker 403.767.9999 Email: karen @barrycommercial.com www.barrycommercial.com Barry Commercial Real Estate, Brokerage

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

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INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

Handyman Services

1200

ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, and roof snow removal?

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

FANTASY

SIDING, Soffit, Fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

International ladies

TRINITY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Complete Building Services Heating - Plumbing Mechanical - Electrical 403-986-5685

MASSAGE

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1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666

Moving & Storage

1300

MOVING? Boxes? Appls. removal. 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

Immaculate Sylvan Lake Home. 4 bdrm, 2 bath.

Vaulted ceiling, oak cabinets. $299,500.

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Now Open

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445

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Great opportunity to buy a newer home in Springbrook.

4 bdrm., 3 bath with double garage. $347,900.

HELP-U-SELL OF RED DEER 403-342-7355

Condos/ Townhouses

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VII MASSAGE Seniors’ #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Services Pampering at its Escorts BEST! HELP FOR SENIORS: 403-986-6686 in home or facility family business est. 1999 Come in and see EDEN bondable staff, great rates, 587-877-7399 10am-midnight why we are the talk gift certificates avail. of the town.

403-346-7777 LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car www.viimassage.biz helpinghandshomesupport.com0

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TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Tractors

2030

JOHN DEERE 9400 Tractor with or w/o 16’ 6 way blade. 403-502-1091

Livestock

2100

FLATLAND RANCH has on offer yearling and 2 year old Gelbvieh Bulls.

We have been selling reputable bulls for 15 years Chuck 403-854-6270

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

GLENDALE

2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $1075. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail. Apr. 1 403-304-5337

Suites

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1 BDRM apt. to over 40 aged non partying tenant, no pets, private parking, laundry on site, security cameras, at Riverside Meadows, 5910-55 Ave. Rent/D.D. $750.00.

Ph:403-341-4627.

1 BDRM. apt. at 4616-44 St., quiet tenant over 40 yrs old, non smoking, no pets, heat & water incl, laundry on site, rent/sec. $720/month.

Available April 1, 2014.

Ph: 403-341-4627.

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Houses/ Duplexes

4 BDRM., 3 bath, 1800 sq.ft. fully furn. house. $2000/mo. 403-302-0488

Condos/ Townhouses

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AVAIL. Apr. 1. Large 1 bdrm. on 3rd flr w/balcony, new reno’s, 6 appls. $775/mo. $750 DD. Free water & heat. Close to parks/trails, Call Don (780) 554-2870.

GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

KYTE/Kelloway Cres.

Lovely 3 level exec.

3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, concrete patio, blinds, front/rear parking, no dogs, n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 Avail. immed. or Apr. 1st.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

WESTPARK

11/2 blocks west of hospital!

3 bdrm. bi-level, lrg. balcony, no pets, n/s, rent $1195 SD $1000.

Avail. April 1st.

403-304-7576, 347-7545

Realtors & Services

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Priced under appraised value for quick sale!

Open inviting floor plan.

4 bdrm, 3 bath. $349,900.

NEW CONDO

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

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Can be shown at any time.

10 & 98 MacKenzie Cres.

Lacombe. 403-588-8820

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Buffalo Lake. 3/4 acre with lake views, 4 bdrm, 3 bath. $329,900. 403-741-6190

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SUNNYBROOK

2 bdrm. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets.

403-346-6686

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Rooms For Rent

MUST SELL

MUST SELL

New Home. 1335 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage.

403-588-2550

Mobile Lot

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PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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DOWNTOWN PARKING STALLS FOR RENT. 4922 47th St. (One block south of Mellenium Centre.) $75/mo. + GST 403-357-0111 or 347-4044

RISER HOMES 1 ONLY

Our SPRING Ahead into a Riser Home special is upon us again.

Beautiful Modified Bi-level with a large entry, and a modern look. Large 3 bdrm., 2 bath walkout, 1563 sq. ft. of family space, large deck, large garage, wide lot backing onto trail system & green, 5 pce. master ensuite, large walk-in closet.

Much, Much More!

A MUST SEE!. $432,235.

Lloyd @ 403-391-9294

Notice To Creditors And Claimants Estate of Beverley Jean Roth who died on October 14, 2013

2005 TIFFIN Phaeton 40’ diesel pusher 42,000 miles, very good cond 403-729-3242

If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by April 21, 2014

TO FIND OUT MORE YOU can sell it fast with a person-to-person want ad in the Red Deer Advocate Classifieds. Phone 309-3300

with Chapman Riebeek LLP at 300, 4808 Ross Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1X5

Tires, Parts Acces.

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SET OF HEAVY DUTY MAGNETIC TRUCKERS ROAD FLARES. $25 403-348-6449

Your Guide To Entertainment

For Home Delivery Call

and provide details of your claim.

If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

314-4300

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Automotive Services

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If you own a vehicle, get up to $10,000 today! www.thetitlestore.ca RED DEER 403-754-5104 4971 Phelan St.

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8TH ANNUAL RED DEER COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION & SPEED SHOW. Mar 14 - 16. Westerner Park, Red Deer. 150,000 sq.ft. indoor show.

Exhibitors space available.

Western Canada’s Largest Collector Car Event.

Consign today 1-888-296-0528 Ext. 102 EGAuctions.com

Cars

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HELP-U-SELL OF RED DEER 403-342-7355

Farms/ Land

4070

455 ACRES AGRICULTURAL

ROOM in Westpark, n/s, no pets. Furnished. TV & utils incl. 403-304-6436

6010

4310

2008 VW Golf City $9888 Sport & Import 348 8788

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

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1962 FORD GALAXY, 40,000 original miles, original cond. 403-502-1091

LOVELY older 970 sq. ft. 2 bdrm. w/det. garage in In- Beautiful views overlooking nisfail, large sunroom scenic river valley. Only 6 miles addition, new bsmt, many from Red Deer on pavement.

Starting at $249,000 extras, RV parking 587-877-6797 to view 1217 sq.ft. duplex.

4 bdrm., $184,900.

403-588-2222

5240

If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by April 15, 2014 and provide details of your claim with Wade Alan Lamb at c/o Schuster Bruce LLP 129 - 17 Avenue N.E. Calgary, Alberta T2E 1L7 Attention: Edmund H. Schuster and provide details of your claim.

If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

Acreage with art studio awaiting your imagination.

3.09 acres of lush trees and 2 homes. $549,900

2 BDRM Adult Apt.

SUNNYBROOK

RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE

Antique & Classic Autos

NEW HOMES

by Mason Martin Homes Kyle, 403-588-2550 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

5100

who died on

Take the Money!

CUSTOM BUILT

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

Motorhomes

Estate of

William Kinley also known as William Alexander Kinley October 13, 2013

Public Notices

2005 HUMMER H2 $24,888 Sport & Import 348 8788

CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS

Keep the Car,

4020

1722 SQ.FT. 2 storey 3 bdrm., 2.5 bath, over-sized dbl. garage.

Call Glen 403-588-2231

5040

6010

OPEN HOUSE SAT. MAR 15, 2pm - 5pm 4703 BROADWAY AVE. BLACKFALDS

homes 4000-4190

Out Of Red Deer

1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550

2 bdrm. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets.

403-346-6686

KITSON CLOSE

Ready to move into 2 bdrm., 3 bath condo, close to Collicutt and shopping. $264,000.

SUV's

5200

Public Notices

(Blackfalds) You build or bring your own builder. Terms avail.

403-304-5555

2 BDRM. adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, lrg. suite, Avail now or Apr. 1. $950/mo., S.D. $650.

Call 403-304-5337

60 + seniors condo, avail.

Apr. 1, 403-598-0503

newer exec. 3 bdrm. bi-level townhouse 1447 sq. ft. 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, lg. balcony, fenced in rear, front/rear parking, no dogs, rent $1395 SD $1000. n/s Avail. Immed. or Apr. 1st.

403-304-7576 / 347-7545

Pinnacle Estates

wegot CLASSIFICATIONS

4160

wegot

ns, no pets, no parties, $960. 403-350-4133 www.ambassadorapts.ca

3 level 3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, no pets, n/s, rent $1395, SD $1000.

Avail. Immed. or Apr. 1 403-304-7576 or 347-7545

Lots For Sale

EXCLUSIVE LUXURY RIVERFRONT CONDOS FOR SALE in Downtown Red Deer.

Call Renee at 403-314-1687 for Inquiries.

3 BDRM., 1.5 BATH townhouse near RDC, off street parking, avail. May 1. $1000 rent & $1000 DD. 1 yr. lease 780-586-2831

HALMAN Heights

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Beautiful large hillside “view lot” fully serviced and ready for your new home.

Boat and beach access across road. Beautiful gated community. Trades for Red Deer or Sylvan Lake property considered. 403-350-5346

2 BDRM. bsmt. suite, $875 + d.d. Close to Red Deer college, avail immed. n/s, no pets, utils. incld.

403-341-0156, 885-2287

3020

3 BDRM. MAIN FLOOR Avail. Apr. 1. $1250 + 2/3 utils. 403-872-3400

MARA LAKE, B.C.

Help-U-Sell Red Deer 403-342-7355

1 BDRM. loft, utils incl.. $625 /mo. + d.d., close to Red Deer college, n/s, no pets. Avail immed.

403-341-0156, 885-2287

wegot

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

4130

40+ ground flr in Sierras on Taylor Drive. Games room, library, pool & hot tub. $263,900.

Locally owned and family operated

4110

FOR SALE 42,000 sq. ft.

SHOPPING CENTRE in Calgary, Blackstone Commercial, Shane Olin solin@blackstonecommercial .com 403-708-9086

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

FREE removal of scrap vehicles. Will pay cash for some. 403-304-7585

309-3300 T Pl Y Commercial Property

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Misc.

Automotive

CALL:

Cottages/Resort Property

QUIET retired couple w/neutered short hair cat seek 1 bdrm. bsmt. suite, n/s, non drinker, ref’s 403-986-4841 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

Each Day For The Next Day’s Paper CALL 309-3300

TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, apLRG. 1 BDRM. bsmt. suite, prox. 60 lbs. put up dry separate entrance, 4 piece and covered, $5/bale bath, oak kitchen, lino Sylvan area. 403-887-2798 flooring, washer & dryer, $825/mo., incld. utils., mature location., no pets, no kids, N/S, avail. Apr. 1, 587-437-7970

rentals

3270

Suites

MULTI-USE commercial/ residential, 2 large suites with separate shop & yard. $549,900. Help-U-Sell Red Deer 403-342-7355

5190

368275C3-29

Accounting

Auto Wreckers

2008 Audi A4 2.0T $19,888.

Sport & Import 348 8788

land, 12 mi. E. of Ponoka, 1 mi. off pavement, good 2002 TAURUS, 4 dr., auto. surface lease revenue. sunroof, loaded, 1 owner, Inquire with your name 149,000 kms., top cond. and address to: Box 1079, $2,900. 403-505-3113 c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, Ab T4R 1M9 2000 Chrysler Neon, 2L, 4 dr., 5 spd. Clean. 403-318-3040

4090

Manufactured Homes

BENALTO mobile home.

3 bdrm, bright & clean. www.laebon.com Deck. Quiet living. $42,900.

Laebon Homes 346-7273 Help-U-Sell R.D. 342-7355

1999 PONTIAC Bonneyville 4 dr., saftied. 403-352-6995

ADULTS, STUDENTS, SENIORS Great Exercise, Great Fun, Great Experience and No Collecting!

Earn money for your savings, fun events, sports, and special items!

No collections!

About an hour a day! Too easy to be true!

Call 314-4300 Leave your name and phone number.

1989 LINCOLN Mark II, 2 door, low kms., exc cond $4000. 403-343-0081

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